כִּי־לֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּי־לֹ֥א

   ki-LO

   for not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּי־לֹ֥א דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ

   ki-LO de-rash-NU-hu

   for not we sought him or it
3. clause🔊 כִּי־לֹ֥א דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ בִּימֵ֥י שָׁאֽוּל׃

   ki-LO de-rash-NU-hu bi-ME sha-UL

   for not we sought him or it in the days of Saul
4. sentence🔊 וְנָסֵ֛בָּה אֶת־אֲר֥וֹן אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ אֵלֵ֑ינוּ כִּי־לֹ֥א דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ בִּימֵ֥י שָׁאֽוּל׃

   ve-na-SEV-ba et-a-RON e-lo-HE-nu e-LE-nu ki-LO de-rash-NU-hu bi-ME sha-UL

   and let us bring around or bring back the ark of our God to us for not we sought him or it in the days of Saul

Exegesis

The causal ki-lo {כִּי־לֹ֥א | kî-lōʾ} ‘for not’ introduces an explanatory ground: derashnuhu {דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ | dərāšnûhū} ‘we sought it’ is negated, presenting a confession of prior failure to consult and honor God through the ark.