Hosea 14:7:9Hos.14.7.W9TABWLC Hosea 14:8

כְּיֵ֖ין

keyen

like wine

Transliteration
ke-YEN
Extended
keh-YEEN
IPA
/kəˈjeːn/

Meaning by language

English
like wine

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Result
כְּ + יֵ֖ין
ke + yen
keyen

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-YEN

  2. sentence

    ya-SHU-vu yo-she-VE be-tsi-LO ye-kha-YU da-GAN ve-yif-re-kha-VU ka-GE-fen zi-khe-RO ke-YEN le-va-NON

Exegesis

Two comparative similes, ka-gāpen {כַּגָּ֔פֶן | ka-gāpen} “like the vine” and kə-yên lə-ḇānôn {כְּיֵ֥ין לְבָנֽוֹן | kə-yên lə-ḇānôn} “like wine from Lebanon,” reinforce the promise of abundance.

Root and etymology

consonantsyod–yod–nun

wine

In contextHosea 14:7

They will return; those who dwell in his shadow will revive like grain , and they will blossom like the vine; its remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

About this coordinate

Hosea 14:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Hosea 14:7, so the Hebrew word כְּיֵ֖ין (keyen) 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.14.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.7.W9.S1) and character.