Numbers 22:29:4Num.22.29.W4TAB
כִּ֥י
ki
“because”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /kiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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 hit-a-lal-TET
- clause
va-YO-mer bil-AM la-a-TON KI hit-a-lal-TET BI
- sentence
va-YO-mer bil-AM la-a-TON KI hit-a-lal-TET BI LU YESH-KHE-rev be-ya-DEE KI a-TA ha-rag-TIKH
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the reason clause “because you have mocked me,” where hitʿallalt {הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ | hitʿallalt} in the Hitpael stem highlights deliberate mistreatment.
The prepositional phrase beyadi {בְּיָדִי | bə-yādî} specifies the instrument, and the second ki {כִּי | kî} intensifies the statement “for now I would have killed you,” with haragtikh {הֲרַגְתִּיךְ | hăragtîḵ} expressing completed decisive action. English reordering clarifies the causative sequence and preserves the original’s rhetorical build toward the lethal threat.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-lamed-aleph-kaf
“messenger”
In context — Numbers 22:29
And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, if only there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:29, so the Hebrew word כִּ֥י (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.22.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.29.W4.S1) and character.