Numbers 22:13:9Num.22.13.W9TAB

כִּ֚י

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. clause

    KI me-EN Ye-ho-VAH le-ti-TI la-ha-LOKH im-ma-KHEM

  3. sentence

    va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-yo-MER el-sa-REI ba-LAK le-KHU el-artse-KHEM KI me-EN Ye-ho-VAH le-ti-TI la-ha-LOKH im-ma-KHEM

Root and etymology

Rootmem-lamed-aleph-kaf

messenger

In contextNumbers 22:13

And Balaam arose in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the LORD has refused to give me permission to go with you.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 22:13, so the Hebrew word כִּ֚י (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.22.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.13.W9.S1) and character.