Numbers 21:26:1Num.21.26.W1TAB
כִּ֣י
ki
“For”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /kiː/
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 khesh-BON
- clause
KI khesh-BON IR si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI HI
- sentence
KI khesh-BON IR si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI HI ve-HU nil-KHAM be-ME-lekh mo-AV ha-ri-SHON va-yik-KAKH ET-kol-artSO mi-ya-DO ad-ar-NON
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ signaling an explanatory clause.
In context — Numbers 21:26
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites , and it was he who fought against the first king of Moab and took his entire territory from his hand as far as the Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:26, 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.21.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.26.W1.S1) and character.