קֵי

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

From a conflation of Classical Latin quia, quod, and other conjunctions.

Conjunction

קֵי (qe /che/)

1. Introduces a comparison: than
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 8, verse 3, page 4, text lines 4–7:

     אֵי סֵירַה שֵילְטוֹ מוֹרְטַה פְלוּ קֵי וִיטַה אַה טוּטַה לַה רֵימַאנְיֵינְצִיאַה קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי דֵי לַה סְקֵילַאטַה רִיאַה קוּוֵיסְטַה אִין טוּטִי לִי לוֹקֵירִי קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי קֵי סְפֵינְטִי אַייוֹ אֵיסִי לַה דִיטוֹ דֵי דוּמֵידֵית דֵי צְבַאוֹת׃ (Judeo-Roman)

     ʾe serah šeləṭo morəṭah pəlu qe viṭah ʾah ṭuṭah lah remanəyyenṣiʾah qe suno remaʾsi de lah səqelaʾṭah riʾah quvesəṭah ʾin ṭuṭi li luqeri qe suno remaʾsi qe səpinəṭi ʾayyo ʾesi lah diṭo de dumedeṯ de ṣəbāʾōṯ.

     /"E serà scelto morta plu che vita a tutta la remagnenzia che suno remasi de la schelatta ria questa, in tutti li lucheri che suno remasi, che spinti ajo essi là" ditto de Dumedeo de ṣəbāʾōṯ./

     "And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that has remained of this evil family, in all the places they remain [in], to which I have driven them", [was the] word of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Conjunction

קֵי (qe /ché/)

1. because, for
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[2] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 6, verse 30, page 4, text lines 3–4:

     אַרְיֵינְטוֹ אַגְרוֹוִיאַטוֹ קְלַאמַארוֹ אַה אֵיסִי קֵי אַגְרוֹוִיאַווֹ דוּמֵידֵית אִינ אֵיסִי (Judeo-Roman)

     ʾarəyenəṭo ʾagəroviʾaṭo qəlaʾmaʾro ʾah ʾesi qe ʾagəroviʾavo dumedeṯ ʾin ʾesi.

     /"Arjento ag(g)roviato" clamaro a essi, ché ag(g)roviavo Dumedeo in essi./

     They called them "rejected silver", for the Lord has abhorred them.

Pronoun

קֵי (qe /che/)

1. Introduces a relative clause:
   1. who
      • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[3] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 7, verse 28, page 3, text lines 6–9:

        אֵי דִירַאיִי אַה אֵיסִי קוּוֵיסְטַה לַה יֵינְטַה קֵי נוּן אִינְטֵיסֵירוֹ אִין ווּצֵי דֵי דוּמֵידֵית דֵית סוּאוֹ […] ׃ (Judeo-Roman)

        ʾe diraʾyi ʾah ʾesi quvesəṭah lah yenəṭah qe nun ʾinəṭesero ʾin vuṣe de dumedeṯ deṯ suʾo […]

        /E diraji a essi: 'Questa la jenta che nun intesero in vuce de Dumedeo Deo suo […] [']/

        And you will say to them: "This is the people who has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God […] ["]

   2. that, which
      • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[4] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים (Nəvīʾīm, “Prophets”) (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 6, verse 29, page 1, text lines 24–26:

        סֵי גְרוֹטַה דֵי בְרַאוִי פֿוּ לַה קַאסַה קוּוֵיסְטַה קֵי פֿוּ קְלַאמַאטוֹ לוּ נוּמוֹ מִיאוֹ סוּפֵירַה דֵי אֵיסוֹ אִין וִיאֵינְטֵי דֵי ווּאִי אֵיצִיַה אִייוֹ אֵיקוֹ וִידִי דִיטוֹ דֵי דוּמֵידֵית׃ (Judeo-Roman)

        se gəroṭah de bəraʾvi fu lah qaʾsah quvesəṭah qe fu qəlaʾmaʾṭo lu numo miʾo superah de ʾeso ʾin viʾenəṭe de vuʾi ʾeṣiʾah ʾijo ʾeqo vidi diṭo de dumedeṯ.

        /["]Se grotta de bravi fu la casa questa — che fu clamato lu numo mio supera de esso — in viente de vui, ezia ijo, ecco, vidi", ditto de Dumedet./

        If this house—upon which my name has been called—has been a cave of bandits in your regard, I too, behold, saw [it]", [was] the word of the Lord.

        (literally, “If cave of bandits was the house this—which was called the name of mine above of it—in eyes of you, too I, behold, saw, word of the Lord.”)

2. in which, where, wherein
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[5] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 8, verse 3, page 4, text lines 4–7:

     אֵי סֵירַה שֵילְטוֹ מוֹרְטַה פְלוּ קֵי וִיטַה אַה טוּטַה לַה רֵימַאנְיֵינְצִיאַה קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי דֵי לַה סְקֵילַאטַה רִיאַה קוּוֵיסְטַה אִין טוּטִי לִי לוֹקֵירִי קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי קֵי סְפֵינְטִי אַייוֹ אֵיסִי לַה דִיטוֹ דֵי דוּמֵידֵית דֵי צְבַאוֹת׃ (Judeo-Roman)

     ʾe serah šeləṭo morəṭah pəlu qe viṭah ʾah ṭuṭah lah remanəyyenṣiʾah qe suno remaʾsi de lah səqelaʾṭah riʾah quvesəṭah ʾin ṭuṭi li luqeri qe suno remaʾsi qe səpinəṭi ʾayyo ʾesi lah diṭo de dumedeṯ de ṣəbāʾōṯ.

     /"E serà scelto morta plu che vita a tutta la remagnenzia che suno remasi de la schelatta ria questa, in tutti li lucheri che suno remasi, che spinti ajo essi là" ditto de Dumedeo de ṣəbāʾōṯ./

     "And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that has remained of this evil family, in all the places wherein they remain, to which I have driven them", [was the] word of the Lord of Sabaoth.

     (literally, “"And it will be chosen death more than life by all the remainder that has remained of the evil family this, in all the places that they have remained, that I have driven them there", word of the Lord of Sabaoth.”)