Nehemiah 13:6:5Neh.13.6.W5TAB
כִּ֡י
ki
“for”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /ˈkiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for
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
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KI
- clause
KI bi-she-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-TAY-im le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te ME-lekh-BA-vel ba-TI el-ha-ME-lekh u-le-KETS ya-MIM nish-e-AL-ti min-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
u-ve-KHOL-ZE LO ha-YI-ti bi-ru-sha-LIM KI bi-she-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-TAY-im le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te ME-lekh-BA-vel ba-TI el-ha-ME-lekh u-le-KETS ya-MIM nish-e-AL-ti min-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the temporal clause bishnat shloshim ushtayim {בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם | bî-šă-nāṯ šə-lō-šîm u-šə-ṭa-yim}.
In context — Nehemiah 13:6
But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king, and at the end of a few days I asked leave from the king.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Nehemiah 13:6, so the Hebrew word כִּ֡י (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 Neh.13.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.6.W5.S1) and character.