Hosea 13:16:3Hos.13.16.W3TABWLC Hosea 14:1

כִּ֥י

ki

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Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
for

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 mar-te-HA

  3. clause

    tish-A-SHAM shom-re-RON KI mar-te-HA be-ve-e-lo-HE-ha

  4. sentence

    tish-A-SHAM shom-re-RON KI mar-te-HA be-ve-e-lo-HE-ha ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the perfect martah {מָרְתָה | mārᵊṯāh} ‘she rebelled’, marking a completed covenant breach.

In contextHosea 13:16

Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God ; by the sword they shall fall, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped open.

About this coordinate

Hosea 13:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Hosea 13:16, 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 Hos.13.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.16.W3.S1) and character.