Hosea 13:15:1Hos.13.15.W1TAB

כִּ֣י

ki

for or though

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
for or though

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 HU

  3. clause

    KI HU VEN a-KHIM yaf-ri-I

  4. sentence

    KI HU VEN a-KHIM yaf-ri-I ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

Exegesis

The verse begins with the causal conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} ‘for/because’, introducing the basis for judgment.

In contextHosea 13:15

For though he thrives among his brothers, an east wind—the wind of the LORD —will come up from the wilderness. It will dry up his spring , and his fountain will be parched; it will strip away every precious treasure from his storehouse.

About this coordinate

Hosea 13:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 13:15, 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 Hos.13.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.15.W1.S1) and character.