Proverbs 30:22:5Prov.30.22.W5TAB

כִּ֣י

ki

when or that

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
when or that

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. phraseyour reading level

    KI yis-be-A-la-khem

  3. clause

    ve-na-VAL KI yis-be-A-la-khem

  4. sentence

    TA-khat-E-ved KI yim-LOKH ve-na-VAL KI yis-be-A-la-khem

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a temporal clause headed by the verb form yimlôk {יִמְל֑וֹךְ | yim-lōḵ} ‘reigns.’

A second coordinated element begins with wə-nāval {וְ֝נָבָ֗ל | wə-nā-ḇāl} ‘fool,’ again linked by ki {כִּי | kî} to yisba‘ {יִשְׂבַּע | yis-ba‘} ‘is satisfied.’

Root and etymology

יכח

to reprove

In contextProverbs 30:22

Under a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he has his fill of food .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 30:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 30:22, 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 Prov.30.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.22.W5.S1) and character.