Numbers 17:3:7Num.17.3.W7TABWLC Numbers 17:18
כִּ֣י
ki
“for”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /ki/
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
- word
KI
- phraseyour reading level
KI ma-TEH e-KHAD
- clause
le-VI KI ma-TEH e-KHAD le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
ve-ET SHEM a-ha-RON takh-TOV al-ma-TEH le-VI KI ma-TEH e-KHAD le-ROSH BEIT a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal rationale, leading to matteh echad le-rosh beit avotam {מַטֵּה אֶחָד לְרֹאשׁ בֵּית אֲבֹתָם | mattēh ’eḥāḏ lə-rôš bêt ’ăvôtām}, which specifies that one staff is allotted per tribal head. The compound beit avotam underscores ancestral lineage. The translation preserves Hebrew sequencing to maintain the command’s emphatic and organizational structure.
In context — Numbers 17:3
And you shall write Aaron’s name upon the staff of Levi , for there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 17:3, 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.17.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.3.W7.S1) and character.