Numbers 19:20:10Num.19.20.W10TAB

כִּי֩

ki

because

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ki/

Meaning by language

English
because

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 ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU

  4. sentence

    ve-ISH a-SHER-yit-MA ve-LO yit-khat-TA ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HU mit-TOkh ha-ka-HAL KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU

Exegesis

The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the clause et-miqdash YHWH {אֶת־מִקְדַּשׁ יְהוָה | ʾet-miḳ-dāš Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the sanctuary of the LORD,’ detailed by the Piel perfect ṭim-mēʾ {טִמֵּא | ṭim-mēʾ} ‘he has defiled.’

In contextNumbers 19:20

And any man who becomes unclean and does not purify himself shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD ; the water of impurity was not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

About this coordinate

Numbers 19:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 19:20, so the Hebrew word כִּי֩ (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.19.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.20.W10.S1) and character.