Proverbs 4:17:1Prov.4.17.W1TAB

כִּ֣י

ki

for

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
for

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

    KI la-KHA-mu LE-khem RE-sha

  3. sentence

    KI la-KHA-mu LE-khem RE-sha ve-YEN kha-ma-SIM yish-TU

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces a causal clause.

In contextProverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness , and drink the wine of violence .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 4:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 4:17, 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.4.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.17.W1.S1) and character.