Jeremiah 23:10:1Jer.23.10.W1TAB

כִּ֤י

ki

for

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 me-na-a-FIM

  3. clause

    KI me-na-a-FIM mal-A ha-A-rets ki-mip-ne a-LA av-la ha-A-rets yav-SHU ne-OT mid-BAR

  4. sentence

    KI me-na-a-FIM mal-A ha-A-rets ki-mip-ne a-LA av-la ha-A-rets yav-SHU ne-OT mid-BAR vat-te-HI me-ru-tsa-TAM ra-A u-ge-vu-ra-TAM lo-KHEN

Exegesis

The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ opens the verse, linking it to the land’s moral state.

In contextJeremiah 23:10

For the land is filled with adulterers; because of the curse the land grieves, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their path is evil, and their strength is not right.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 23:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 23:10, so the Hebrew word כִּ֤י (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.23.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.10.W1.S1) and character.