Numbers 16:34:6Num.16.34.W6TAB

כִּי

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. sentence

    ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER se-vi-vo-TE-hem na-SU le-ko-LAM KI am-RU pen-niv-la-E-nu ha-A-retz

Exegesis

Conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the speech act amru {אָמְרוּ | ʾāmrū} ‘they said,’ and the particle pen {פֶּן־ | pen} marks negative purpose.

In contextNumbers 16:34

All Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:34, so the Hebrew word כִּי (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.16.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.34.W6.S1) and character.