Leviticus 22:13:2Lev.22.13.W2TAB
כִּ֨י
ki
“if”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /kiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
KI
- phraseyour reading level
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH
- clause
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL
- sentence
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL ve-khol-ZAR lo-yo-KHAL BO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional marker kî {כִּי | kî} ‘if/when’, introducing a legal stipulation.
Root and etymology
s-k-r
“hire, wage”
In context — Leviticus 22:13
If a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced and has no offspring and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat of it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 22:13, so the Hebrew word כִּ֨י (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.22.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.13.W2.S1) and character.