Numbers 22:28:9Num.22.28.W9TAB
כִּ֣י
ki
“that”
- Transliteration
- ki
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /kiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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 hi-ki-TA-ni
- clause
va-to-MER le-vil-AM meh-a-si-TI le-KHA ki hi-ki-TA-ni ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-yif-TAKH Ye-ho-VAH et-PI ha-a-TON va-to-MER le-vil-AM meh-a-si-TI le-KHA ki hi-ki-TA-ni ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
Exegesis
The interrogative phrase meh-asiti lekha {מֶה־עָשִׂיתִי לְךָ | mē-ʿā-śî-tî lə-ḵā} ‘what have I done to you’ is linked by the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} to the Hifil hikkitani {הִכִּיתַנִי | hikkî-tānî} ‘you struck me,’ creating an emphatic protest.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-lamed-aleph-kaf
“messenger”
In context — Numbers 22:28
And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 22:28, 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.22.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.28.W9.S1) and character.