Genesis 17:5:8Gen.17.5.W8PAT

כִּ֛י

ki

for

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
for
French
car
Spanish
porque
Portuguese
pois
German
denn
Russian
ибо
Arabic-Simplified
لأن
Hindi
क्योंकि
Chinese-Simplified
因为
Korean
이는
Indonesian
sebab
Bengali
কারণ
Tagalog
sapagkat
Swahili
kwa maana
Amharic
ምክንያቱም
Yoruba
nítorí
Igbo
n'ihi na
Twi
efisɛ
Ewe
elabena

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

    ve-ha-YA shim-KHA av-ra-HAM KI av-ha-MON go-YIM ne-tat-TI-kha

  3. sentence

    ve-lo-yik-ka-RE OD et-shim-KHA av-RAM ve-ha-YA shim-KHA av-ra-HAM KI av-ha-MON go-YIM ne-tat-TI-kha

In contextGenesis 17:5

any longer shall not be called your name Abram shall be your name Abraham for I have made you father of a multitude of nations

About this coordinate

Genesis 17:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:5, so the Hebrew word כִּ֛י (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 Gen.17.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.5.W8.S1) and character.