Leviticus 21:6:8Lev.21.6.W8TAB

כִּי֩

kee

for

Transliteration
KEE
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ki/

Meaning by language

English
for

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

    KEE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KEE et-ih-SHEE Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    KEE et-ih-SHEE Ye-ho-VAH LE-khem e-lo-HEH-hem HEM mak-ri-VIM veh-ha-YOO KO-desh

  4. sentence

    ke-do-SHIM yih-YOO leh-eh-lo-HEH-hem ve-LO yeh-khal-LEH-loo SHEM e-lo-HEH-hem KEE et-ih-SHEE Ye-ho-VAH LE-khem e-lo-HEH-hem HEM mak-ri-VIM veh-ha-YOO KO-desh

Exegesis

The causal conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the rationale clause, where the direct object marker ʾet in ʾet-îšêi yĕ-hō-wāh {אֶת־אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה | ʾet-îšêi yĕ-hō-wāh} ‘fire-offerings of the LORD’ signals emphasis, paralleled by lē-ḥem ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem {לֶחֶם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | lē-ḥem ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem} ‘bread of their God’.

In contextLeviticus 21:6

They shall be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because they offer the fire-offerings of the LORD—the bread of their God—they shall be holy.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 21:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 21:6, so the Hebrew word כִּי֩ (kee) 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.21.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.6.W8.S1) and character.