Leviticus 25:23:5Lev.25.23.W5TAB

כִּי־לִ֖י

keelee

for me

Transliteration
kee-LEE
Extended
kee-LEE
IPA
/kiːˈliː/

Meaning by language

English
for me

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Result
כִּי + לִ֖י
kee + lee
keelee

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    kee-LEE

  2. clause

    veh-hah-A-rets LO tih-ma-KHEHR lits-mi-TUT kee-LEE ha-A-rets

  3. sentence

    veh-hah-A-rets LO tih-ma-KHEHR lits-mi-TUT kee-LEE ha-A-rets kee-geh-REEM veh-toh-sha-VEEM a-TEM im-ma-DEE

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces the causal clause ki-li ha-arets {כִּי־לִ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ | kî-lī hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘for the land is Mine’, where the pronominal suffix on lī asserts divine ownership.

In contextLeviticus 25:23

And the land shall not be sold for extinction , for the land is Mine ; for you are sojourners and resident aliens with Me.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 25:23, so the Hebrew word כִּי־לִ֖י (keelee) 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.25.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.23.W5.S1) and character.