Jeremiah 15:10:3Jer.15.10.W3TAB
כִּ֣י
ki
“that or because”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /ˈkiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that or because
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
KI
- phraseyour reading level
KI ye-LID-TI-ni
- clause
OI-LI IM-MI KI ye-LID-TI-ni ISH RIV ve-ISH ma-DON le-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- sentence
OI-LI IM-MI KI ye-LID-TI-ni ISH RIV ve-ISH ma-DON le-KHOL-ha-A-rets LO-na-SHI-ti ve-LO-na-SHU-VI KU-lo me-kal-le-LA-vo-ni
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} 'because' introduces yelidtîni {יְלִדְתִּנִי | yə-lid-tî-nî} 'you have borne me'.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־כ
“to go or conduct one’s life”
In context — Jeremiah 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have not lent, nor have they lent to me, yet all of them curse me .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 15:10, 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 Jer.15.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.10.W3.S1) and character.