Leviticus 22:25:8Lev.22.25.W8TAB
כִּ֣י
ki
“because”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /ki/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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
KI mash-kha-TAM ba-HEM
- clause
KI mash-kha-TAM ba-HEM MOOM BAM LO ye-ra-TSU la-KHEM
- sentence
oo-mi-YAD ben-ne-KHAR LO tak-REE-VOO et-LE-khem eh-loh-ee-KHEM mik-KOL-EH-leh KI mash-kha-TAM ba-HEM MOOM BAM LO ye-ra-TSU la-KHEM
Exegesis
The causal particle ki {כִּ֣י | kî} introduces a reason clause with mashchatam {מָשְׁחָתָ֤ם | māšḥātām} ‘corruption’ + bahem {בָּהֶם֙ | bāhem} ‘in them’ and mum {מ֣וּם | mūm} ‘defect’ + bam {בָּ֔ם | bām} ‘in them,’ intensifying disqualification.
Root and etymology
s-k-r
“hire, wage”
In context — Leviticus 22:25
And from the hand of a foreigner you shall not bring the bread of your God from any of these, for their corruption is in them; a defect is in them, and they will not be accepted for you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 22:25, so the Hebrew word כִּ֣י (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.22.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.25.W8.S1) and character.