Proverbs 23:5:6Prov.23.5.W6TAB
כִּ֤י
ki
“for”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /ˈkiː/
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
ve-EI-NE-nu KI a-SO ya-a-SE-LO ke-na-FA-yim
- clause
he-ta-UF ha-TA-if e-NE-kha BO ve-EI-NE-nu KI a-SO ya-a-SE-LO ke-na-FA-yim
- sentence
he-ta-UF ha-TA-if e-NE-kha BO ve-EI-NE-nu KI a-SO ya-a-SE-LO ke-na-FA-yim ke-NE-sher va-IF ya-UF ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the parallel Qal statements asah {עָשָׂה | ’ā·śāh} ‘it makes’ and ya'aseh-lo {יַעֲשֶׂה־לוֹ | ya·‘ă·śeh·lô} ‘he will make for him,’ creating synonymous intensification with kenafayim {כְנָפַיִם | kᵉ·nā·p̄ā·yim} ‘wings’ and the simile kenesher {כְּנֶשֶׁר | kᵉ·nê·šêr} ‘like an eagle.’
Root and etymology
Shin–Kaf–Nunshin–kaf–nun
“knife, cutting tool”
In context — Proverbs 23:5
Will you set your eyes on it—and it is gone? For surely it makes itself wings, like an eagle, and flies away toward the heavens.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 23:5, so the Hebrew word כִּ֤י (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 Prov.23.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.5.W6.S1) and character.