Deuteronomy 21:17:12Deut.21.17.W12PAT
כִּי־הוּא֙
kihu
“for he”
- Transliteration
- KI-HU
- Extended
- KEE-HOO
- IPA
- /kiːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for he
- French
- car il
- Spanish
- porque él
- Portuguese
- pois ele
- German
- denn er
- Russian
- ибо он
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأنه
- Hindi
- क्योंकि वह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因为他
- Korean
- 이는
- Indonesian
- karena dia
- Bengali
- কারণ সে
- Tagalog
- sapagkat siya
- Swahili
- kwa maana yeye
- Amharic
- እሱ ነው
- Yoruba
- nítorí pé òun
- Igbo
- n’ihi na ọ bụ
- Twi
- efisɛ ɔno ne
- Ewe
- elabena ye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-HU
- clause
KI-HU re-SHIT o-NO LO mish-PAT hah-be-kho-RAH
- sentence
KI et-hah-be-KHOR ben-hah-seh-nu-AH ya-KEER la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO KI-HU re-SHIT o-NO LO mish-PAT hah-be-kho-RAH
In context — Deuteronomy 21:17
but acknowledge the firstborn son of the unloved to give to him double a portion of all that is found to him for he firstfruits his strength his right of the firstborn
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 21:17, so the Hebrew word כִּי־הוּא֙ (kihu) 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 Deut.21.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.17.W12.S1) and character.