Jeremiah 20:10:1Jer.20.10.W1TAB

כִּ֣י

ki

for or because

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
for or because

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 sha-MA-e-ti

  3. clause

    KI sha-MA-e-ti di-BAT ra-BIM ma-GOR mi-sa-VIV ha-GI-du ve-na-gi-DE-nu KOL e-NOSH she-lo-MI sho-me-RE tsal-E

  4. sentence

    KI sha-MA-e-ti di-BAT ra-BIM ma-GOR mi-sa-VIV ha-GI-du ve-na-gi-DE-nu KOL e-NOSH she-lo-MI sho-me-RE tsal-E u-LAI ye-fu-TE ve-nu-kh-LA LO ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu mi-ME-nu

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ connects this lament to the preceding complaint.

Root and etymology

s-k-lShin–Kaph–Lamed

have insight

In contextJeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side. “Report,” they say, “and let us report him.” All the men of my peace are waiting for my stumbling, saying, “Perhaps he will be enticed, and we can prevail against him, and we will take our vengeance from him.”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 20:10, 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.20.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.10.W1.S1) and character.