Leviticus 21:14:8Lev.21.14.W8TAB

כִּ֛י

ki

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Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/kiː/

Meaning by language

English
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Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    KI

  2. clause

    KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH

  3. sentence

    al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH

Exegesis

The verb yiqqâḥ recurs under the negative particle lo {לֹא | lô} and the adversative construction ki im {כִּי־אִם | kî 'im}, contrasting exclusion and inclusion.

In contextLeviticus 21:14

A widow, a divorced woman, a profaned woman , or a prostitute—these he must not take; but he shall take only a virgin from among his own people as his wife .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 21:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 21:14, so the Hebrew word כִּ֛י (ki) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.21.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.14.W8.S1) and character.