Leviticus 24:17:2Lev.24.17.W2TAB

כִּ֥י

ki

if

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
if

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 ya-KEH

  3. clause

    ve-ISH KI ya-KEH kohl-NE-fesh a-DAM

  4. sentence

    ve-ISH KI ya-KEH kohl-NE-fesh a-DAM MOT yoo-MAT

Exegesis

The subordinating kî {כִּי | kî} ‘when/if’ introduces the conditional scenario.

In contextLeviticus 24:17

And if any man kills any human being , he shall surely be put to death .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 24:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 24:17, so the Hebrew word כִּ֥י (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.24.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.17.W2.S1) and character.