Ruth 1:16:7Ruth.1.16.W7PAT

כִּ֠י

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
왜냐하면
Indonesian
sebab
Bengali
কারণ
Tagalog
sapagkat
Swahili
kwa sababu
Amharic
እንግዲህ
Yoruba
nítorí
Igbo
n’ihi na
Twi
efisɛ
Ewe
be

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 el-a-SHER TEL-khi e-LEKH u-va-a-SHER ta-LI-ni ah-LEEN a-MEKH a-MI ve-e-lo-ha-YIKH e-lo-HAI

  3. sentence

    va-TO-mer ROOT al-tif-GE-ee-BEE leh-ahz-VEKH la-SHUV meh-ah-khah-RA-YIKH KI el-a-SHER TEL-khi e-LEKH u-va-a-SHER ta-LI-ni ah-LEEN a-MEKH a-MI ve-e-lo-ha-YIKH e-lo-HAI

In contextRuth 1:16

Ruth {And} said do not urge me to leave you to turn back from behind you for where you go I will go and where you lodge I will lodge your people my people and your God my God

About this coordinate

Ruth 1:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ruth 1:16, so the Hebrew word כִּ֠י (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 Ruth.1.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.16.W7.S1) and character.