Numbers 14:22:1Num.14.22.W1TAB

כִּ֣י

ki

for

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/kiː/

Meaning by language

English
for

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 kol-ha-a-na-SHIM

  3. clause

    KI kol-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ro-IM ET-ke-vo-DEE ve-ET-o-to-TAI a-SHER-a-si-TI be-mits-RA-yim u-va-mid-BAR

  4. sentence

    KI kol-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ro-IM ET-ke-vo-DEE ve-ET-o-to-TAI a-SHER-a-si-TI be-mits-RA-yim u-va-mid-BAR va-ye-nas-SU o-TI ZEH E-ser pe-a-MIM ve-LO sham-U be-ko-LI

Exegesis

The causal conjunction kee {כִּי | kî} “because” links this statement to the prior narrative of Israel’s rebellion.

In contextNumbers 14:22

Because all the men who have seen My glory and My signs that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness have tested Me these ten times and have not listened to My voice.

About this coordinate

Numbers 14:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:22, 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 Num.14.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.22.W1.S1) and character.