"כי" meaning in Hebrew

See כי in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: כִּי [canonical], ki [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *kiyā. Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*kiyā}} Proto-Semitic *kiyā Head templates: {{head|he|adverb|head=כִּי|tr=ki}} כִּי • (ki)
  1. (archaic) so, thus Tags: archaic Synonyms: כך, כן
    Sense id: en-כי-he-adv-f~-NQ-op
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

Forms: כִּי [canonical], ki [romanization], kī [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *kiyā. Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*kiyā}} Proto-Semitic *kiyā Head templates: {{head|he|conjunction|head=כִּי|tr=ki, kī}} כִּי • (ki, kī)
  1. because, for, since Synonyms (because): בִּגְלַל שֶׁ־ (biglál she-), משום ש־ (mishúm she-), מִפְּנֵי שֶׁ־ (mip'né she-)
    Sense id: en-כי-he-conj-72j7NuTl Disambiguation of 'because': 85 0 13 2
  2. (dated or formal) that; used to introduce declarative content clauses Tags: dated, formal Synonyms (that): שֶׁ־ (she-)
    Sense id: en-כי-he-conj-2tUK7R4y Disambiguation of 'that': 0 100 0 0
  3. (archaic) when, as, at the time that Tags: archaic Synonyms (when): כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka'ashér)
    Sense id: en-כי-he-conj-6vFsnWKu Disambiguation of 'when': 28 2 67 3
  4. (archaic) rather, but, but rather Tags: archaic Synonyms (rather): אלא (éla), אֲבָל (avál)
    Sense id: en-כי-he-conj-KJVQYc60 Disambiguation of 'rather': 3 6 3 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: כִי [canonical], khi [romanization], ḵī [romanization]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî). Etymology templates: {{bor|he|grc|χεῖ}} Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=f|tr=khi, ḵī|wv=כִי}} כִי • (khi, ḵī) f
  1. chi (the twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets) Categories (topical): Greek letter names
    Sense id: en-כי-he-noun-wyDTfe8J Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 2 0 14 2 6 46 21 10 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Hebrew terms beginning with an unchangeable begedkefet letter Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 9 1 3 40 42 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 0 8 2 4 35 41 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 5 1 3 39 46 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: כִּי [canonical], ki [romanization], kī [romanization]
Etymology: Cognate to Arabic كَيّ (kayy). Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|كَيّ}} Arabic كَيّ (kayy) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|head=כִּי|tr=ki, kī}} כִּי • (ki, kī) m
  1. cauterization, branding
    Sense id: en-כי-he-noun-UQvZ7eDM Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 9 1 3 40 42 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 0 8 2 4 35 41 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 5 1 3 39 46 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: כִּי [canonical], ki [romanization], kī [romanization]
Etymology: Compared with Arabic كُي (kuy, “ibis, pelican”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|كُي|t=ibis, pelican}} Arabic كُي (kuy, “ibis, pelican”) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|head=כִּי|tr=ki, kī}} כִּי • (ki, kī) m
  1. (hapax, dubious interpretation) vulture
    Sense id: en-כי-he-noun-6YhBMI9W Categories (other): Hebrew hapax legomena
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
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        "3": "*kiyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *kiyā",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *kiyā.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כִּי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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        "2": "adverb",
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "One who lends to his friend against collateral and the collateral is gone: [If] he told him \"I lent you a sela against it, and it was worth a shekel\" and the other says \"not so; rather, you lent me a sela against it and it was worth a sela\" […]",
          "ref": "Mishna, שבועות, 6:7",
          "text": "המלוה את חברו על המשכון ואבד המשכון אמר לו סלע הלויתיך עליו ושקל היה שוה והלה אומר לא כי אלא סלע הלויתני עליו וסלע היה שוה[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so, thus"
      ],
      "id": "en-כי-he-adv-f~-NQ-op",
      "links": [
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ],
        [
          "thus",
          "thus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) so, thus"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "כך"
        },
        {
          "word": "כן"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כי"
}

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        "romanization"
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  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I went to the grocery store to buy a bag of milk because my mother asked me to.",
          "roman": "halákhti lamakólet liknót sakít khaláv kí 'imí bik'shá miméni.",
          "text": "הלכתי למכולת לקנות שקית חלב כי אמי ביקשה ממני.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The sun is in the east now, for this is the hour of its rising.",
          "roman": "hashémesh nimtsét akhsháv bamizrákh, kí zóhi sh'át z'rikhatáh.",
          "text": "השמש נמצאת עכשיו במזרח, כי זוהי שעת זריחתה.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "because, for, since"
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      "id": "en-כי-he-conj-72j7NuTl",
      "links": [
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          "because",
          "because"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "since",
          "since"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 13 2",
          "roman": "biglál she-",
          "sense": "because",
          "word": "בִּגְלַל שֶׁ־"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 13 2",
          "roman": "mishúm she-",
          "sense": "because",
          "word": "משום ש־"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 0 13 2",
          "roman": "mip'né she-",
          "sense": "because",
          "word": "מִפְּנֵי שֶׁ־"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The teacher announced that tomorrow will be a school sports day.",
          "roman": "hamorá hodí'a ki makhár yitkayém yóm spórt bet-sifrí.",
          "text": "המורה הודיעה כי מחר יתקיים יום ספורט בית־ספרי.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The sign says (literally On the sign is written) that [it is] forbidden to disturb the tenants' rest between 2 and 4 in the afternoon.",
          "roman": "al hashélet nikhtáv kí asúr l'hafría' 'et m'nukhát hadayarím ben 2 l'-4 batsohoráyim.",
          "text": "על השלט נכתב כי אסור להפריע את מנוחת הדיירים בין 2 ל־4 בצהריים.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that; used to introduce declarative content clauses"
      ],
      "id": "en-כי-he-conj-2tUK7R4y",
      "links": [
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or formal) that; used to introduce declarative content clauses"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "roman": "she-",
          "sense": "that",
          "word": "שֶׁ־"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "when, as, at the time that"
      ],
      "id": "en-כי-he-conj-6vFsnWKu",
      "links": [
        [
          "when",
          "when"
        ],
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          "as",
          "as"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) when, as, at the time that"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "28 2 67 3",
          "roman": "ka'ashér",
          "sense": "when",
          "word": "כַּאֲשֶׁר"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "rather, but, but rather"
      ],
      "id": "en-כי-he-conj-KJVQYc60",
      "links": [
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) rather, but, but rather"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 3 87",
          "roman": "éla",
          "sense": "rather",
          "word": "אלא"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 3 87",
          "roman": "avál",
          "sense": "rather",
          "word": "אֲבָל"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כי"
}

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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כִי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "khi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "ḵī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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        "tr": "khi, ḵī",
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      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 9 1 3 40 42 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 8 2 4 35 41 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "1 0 5 1 3 39 46 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "2 0 14 2 6 46 21 10",
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            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Names",
            "Orthography",
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            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Writing",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Lemmas",
            "Human",
            "Communication"
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        {
          "english": "In what way are kings anointed? Like a crown. And priests? Like a chi. What does \"like a chi\" mean? Says Rav Menashya bar Gadda, like the Greek version of kaph.",
          "ref": "a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Horayot 12a:",
          "roman": "ketsád moshkhín et ham'lakhím? k'min nézer. v'et hakohaním? k'min ki. may k'min ki? amár rav m'nashy bar gada, k'min kaf y'vaní.",
          "text": "כֵּיצַד מוֹשְׁחִין אֶת הַמְּלָכִים? כְּמִין נֵזֶר. וְאֶת הַכֹּהֲנִים? כְּמִין כִּי. מַאי כְּמִין כִּי? אָמַר רַב מְנַשְּׁיָא בַּר גַּדָּא, כְּמִין כַּף יְוָנִי.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "chi (the twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets)"
      ],
      "id": "en-כי-he-noun-wyDTfe8J",
      "links": [
        [
          "chi",
          "chi#English:_Q14425"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "Classical",
          "Classical Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Modern",
          "Modern Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Greek alphabet",
          "Greek alphabet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כי"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كَيّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَيّ (kayy)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate to Arabic كَيّ (kayy).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כִּי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "he",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 9 1 3 40 42 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "_dis": "2 0 8 2 4 35 41 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "1 0 5 1 3 39 46 5",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "And it shall come to pass, that Instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; And instead of a girdle rags; And instead of curled hair baldness; And instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; Branding instead of beauty.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Isaiah [[s:he:T1003#ג_כד|3:24]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "Və–hayah táḥat bósem maq yihyeh, və-táḥat ḥagorah niqpah, və-táḥat ma’aseh miqsheh qorḥah, və-táḥat pətigil makhagóreth saq, ki táḥat yófi.",
          "text": "וְהָיָה תַחַת בֹּשֶׂם מַק יִהְיֶה וְתַחַת חֲגוֹרָה נִקְפָּה וְתַחַת מַעֲשֶׂה מִקְשֶׁה קָרְחָה וְתַחַת פְּתִיגִיל מַחֲגֹרֶת שָׂק כִּי תַחַת יֹפִי",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cauterization, branding"
      ],
      "id": "en-כי-he-noun-UQvZ7eDM",
      "links": [
        [
          "cauterization",
          "cauterization"
        ],
        [
          "brand",
          "brand"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כי"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "كُي",
        "t": "ibis, pelican"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كُي (kuy, “ibis, pelican”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compared with Arabic كُي (kuy, “ibis, pelican”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כִּי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "head": "כִּי",
        "tr": "ki, kī"
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      "name": "he-noun"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew hapax legomena",
          "parents": [
            "Hapax legomena",
            "Terms by usage"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is it upon your behest that the eagle and the vulture soars and makes his nest high? Or as with the particle above: Is it upon your behest that the eagle soars, and yea, makes his nest high?",
          "ref": "Tanach, Job [[s:he:T2739#לט_כז|39:27]]:",
          "text": "אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנֹּֽו",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vulture"
      ],
      "id": "en-כי-he-noun-6YhBMI9W",
      "links": [
        [
          "vulture",
          "vulture"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "dubious interpretation",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hapax, dubious interpretation) vulture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כי"
}
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    "Hebrew conjunctions",
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Greek letter names"
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *kiyā.",
  "forms": [
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          "english": "One who lends to his friend against collateral and the collateral is gone: [If] he told him \"I lent you a sela against it, and it was worth a shekel\" and the other says \"not so; rather, you lent me a sela against it and it was worth a sela\" […]",
          "ref": "Mishna, שבועות, 6:7",
          "text": "המלוה את חברו על המשכון ואבד המשכון אמר לו סלע הלויתיך עליו ושקל היה שוה והלה אומר לא כי אלא סלע הלויתני עליו וסלע היה שוה[…]",
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      "word": "כן"
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          "roman": "hamorá hodí'a ki makhár yitkayém yóm spórt bet-sifrí.",
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        {
          "english": "The sign says (literally On the sign is written) that [it is] forbidden to disturb the tenants' rest between 2 and 4 in the afternoon.",
          "roman": "al hashélet nikhtáv kí asúr l'hafría' 'et m'nukhát hadayarím ben 2 l'-4 batsohoráyim.",
          "text": "על השלט נכתב כי אסור להפריע את מנוחת הדיירים בין 2 ל־4 בצהריים.",
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        "when, as, at the time that"
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        "(archaic) when, as, at the time that"
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        "rather, but, but rather"
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        "(archaic) rather, but, but rather"
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      "roman": "biglál she-",
      "sense": "because",
      "word": "בִּגְלַל שֶׁ־"
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    {
      "roman": "mishúm she-",
      "sense": "because",
      "word": "משום ש־"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mip'né she-",
      "sense": "because",
      "word": "מִפְּנֵי שֶׁ־"
    },
    {
      "roman": "she-",
      "sense": "that",
      "word": "שֶׁ־"
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    {
      "roman": "ka'ashér",
      "sense": "when",
      "word": "כַּאֲשֶׁר"
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    {
      "roman": "éla",
      "sense": "rather",
      "word": "אלא"
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      "roman": "avál",
      "sense": "rather",
      "word": "אֲבָל"
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          "ref": "a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Horayot 12a:",
          "roman": "ketsád moshkhín et ham'lakhím? k'min nézer. v'et hakohaním? k'min ki. may k'min ki? amár rav m'nashy bar gada, k'min kaf y'vaní.",
          "text": "כֵּיצַד מוֹשְׁחִין אֶת הַמְּלָכִים? כְּמִין נֵזֶר. וְאֶת הַכֹּהֲנִים? כְּמִין כִּי. מַאי כְּמִין כִּי? אָמַר רַב מְנַשְּׁיָא בַּר גַּדָּא, כְּמִין כַּף יְוָנִי.",
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          "english": "And it shall come to pass, that Instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; And instead of a girdle rags; And instead of curled hair baldness; And instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; Branding instead of beauty.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Isaiah [[s:he:T1003#ג_כד|3:24]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "Və–hayah táḥat bósem maq yihyeh, və-táḥat ḥagorah niqpah, və-táḥat ma’aseh miqsheh qorḥah, və-táḥat pətigil makhagóreth saq, ki táḥat yófi.",
          "text": "וְהָיָה תַחַת בֹּשֶׂם מַק יִהְיֶה וְתַחַת חֲגוֹרָה נִקְפָּה וְתַחַת מַעֲשֶׂה מִקְשֶׁה קָרְחָה וְתַחַת פְּתִיגִיל מַחֲגֹרֶת שָׂק כִּי תַחַת יֹפִי",
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  "word": "כי"
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        "t": "ibis, pelican"
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          "english": "Is it upon your behest that the eagle and the vulture soars and makes his nest high? Or as with the particle above: Is it upon your behest that the eagle soars, and yea, makes his nest high?",
          "ref": "Tanach, Job [[s:he:T2739#לט_כז|39:27]]:",
          "text": "אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנֹּֽו",
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        "(hapax, dubious interpretation) vulture"
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