Proverbs 30:23:3Prov.30.23.W3TAB

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. clause

    TA-khat se-nu-A KI tiv-ba-EL

  3. sentence

    TA-khat se-nu-A KI tiv-ba-EL ve-shif-KHA KI-ti-RASH ge-vir-TAH

Exegesis

The Hebrew tachat {תַּ֣חַת | ta-ḥaṯ} “in the case of” frames two parallel clauses, each introduced by kî {כִּ֣י | kî} functioning as “when.”

Root and etymology

יכח

to reprove

In contextProverbs 30:23

In the case of an unloved woman when she becomes a wife, and of a maidservant when she inherits her mistress .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 30:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 30:23, 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.30.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.23.W3.S1) and character.