Leviticus 22:27:4Lev.22.27.W4TAB

כִּ֣י

ki

when

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/kiː/

Meaning by language

English
when

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. phraseyour reading level

    KI yi-vva-LED

  3. clause

    SHOR o-KHE-sev o-EZ KI yi-vva-LED ve-ha-YAA shiv-AT ya-MIM TA-khat im-MO

  4. sentence

    SHOR o-KHE-sev o-EZ KI yi-vva-LED ve-ha-YAA shiv-AT ya-MIM TA-khat im-MO oo-mi-YOM hash-mi-NEE va-ha-LAA ye-ra-TSE le-kor-BAN i-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The protasis begins with kî {כִּי | kî} 'when/if', governing yiwāleḏ {יִוָּלֵד | yīwāleḏ} 'is born'.

Root and etymology

s-k-r

hire, wage

In contextLeviticus 22:27

When an ox, a lamb, or a goat is born, it must remain under its mother for seven days ; but from the eighth day onward, it will be accepted as a fire offering to the LORD .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 22:27, 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.22.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.27.W4.S1) and character.