Genesis 47:15:16Gen.47.15.W16PAT

כִּ֥י

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
لِأَنَّ
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. phraseyour reading level

    KI a-FES

  3. clause

    KI a-FES KA-sef

  4. sentence

    va-yit-TOM ha-KE-sef me-E-rets mits-RA-yim u-me-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u kol-mits-RA-yim el-yo-SEF le-MOR ha-va-LA-nu LE-khem ve-la-MA na-MUT neg-DE-kha KI a-FES KA-sef

In contextGenesis 47:15

{And} came to an end the money from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan {And} came all Egypt to Joseph saying give us bread and why should we die before you for has run out money

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 47:15, so the Hebrew word כִּ֥י (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.47.15.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.15.W16.S1) and character.