Numbers 15:2:6Num.15.2.W6TAB
כִּ֣י
ki
“when”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /kiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- when
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
- word
KI
- phraseyour reading level
KI ta-VO-u
- clause
KI ta-VO-u el-E-retz mo-shvo-TEI-khem a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM KI ta-VO-u el-E-retz mo-shvo-TEI-khem a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּ֣י | kī} ‘when’ governs the Qal imperfect tăbōʾū {תָבֹאוּ | tāḇōʾū} ‘you enter,’ forming a temporal-conditional clause.
In context — Numbers 15:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, “When you come into the land of your dwellings which I am giving to you.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:2, 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.15.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.2.W6.S1) and character.