Numbers 24:22:1Num.24.22.W1TAB
כִּ֥י
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 IM-ye-HYEH
- clause
KI IM-ye-HYEH le-va-ER KA-yin
- sentence
KI IM-ye-HYEH le-va-ER KA-yin AD-mah a-SHUR tish-BEKHA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘though’ combined with the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’ and the Qal imperfect yihyeh {יִהְיֶה | yihyeh} ‘it will be’, forming a concessive clause.
Root and etymology
l-ʼ-klamed-aleph-kaf
“to send, messenger”
In context — Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite will be burned up , until Assyria carries you away captive.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 24:22, 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.24.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.22.W1.S1) and character.