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אי

JBA-007Jewish Babylonian AramaicBavli and JBA discourse

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

אִי

Pedagogical transliterationi

Plain meaningif
Any vocalization or pronunciation shown here is pedagogical unless the cited source itself is pointed.

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

אי

אי is a common JBA conditional marker. When it opens a clause, read forward looking for the consequence. It appears in major formulae such as אי הכי, “if so.”

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אִי
ORIGINAL

JBA-007

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READING

Pedagogical reading guide

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MEANING

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

REMEMBER

אי opens a condition.