Jeremiah 20:8:7Jer.20.8.W7TAB

כִּֽי־הָיָ֨ה

kihaya

“for it has become”

Transliteration: KI-ha-YA
Extended: KEE-haa-YAA
IPA: /kiː.haːˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English: for it has become

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

כִּֽי + הָ + יָ֨ה

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ki + ha + ya

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kihaya

Alphabet Analysis

	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
KI-ha-YA
phraseyour reading level
KI-ha-YA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH LI
clause
KI-ha-YA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH LI le-kher-PA u-le-KE-les KAL-ha-YOM
sentence
KI-mid-DE a-da-BER e-ze-AK kha-MAS va-SHOD e-kra-A KI-ha-YA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH LI le-kher-PA u-le-KE-les KAL-ha-YOM

Exegesis

The verse opens with the conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} ‘for, because’, marking a causal clause.

The second ki {כִּי־ | kî} signals a result: hayah dvar-YHWH lī le-kherpah û-le-keles {הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה לִי לְחֶרְפָּה וּלְקֶלֶס | hā-yāh də-var YHWH lī lə-ḥerpāh û-lə-qeles}, where the divine message becomes Jeremiah’s reproach and derision.

In context — Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out; I call, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the LORD has become for me reproach and derision all the day.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 20:8, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־הָיָ֨ה (kihaya) 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.20.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.8.W7.S1) and character.

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