כִּי־הָי֥וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּי־הָי֥וּ

   ki-ha-YU

   for they were
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּי־הָי֥וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים

   ki-ha-YU ha-a-na-SHIM

   for they were the men
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ וַיַּגִּ֨ידוּ לְדָוִ֤יד עַל־הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח לִקְרָאתָ֔ם כִּי־הָי֥וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים נִכְלָמִ֣ים מְאֹ֑ד

   va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-GI-du le-da-VID al-ha-a-na-SHIM va-yish-LAKH lik-ra-TAM ki-ha-YU ha-a-na-SHIM nikh-la-MIM me-OD

   and they went and they told to David about the men and he sent to meet them for they were the men ashamed very
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ וַיַּגִּ֨ידוּ לְדָוִ֤יד עַל־הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח לִקְרָאתָ֔ם כִּי־הָי֥וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים נִכְלָמִ֣ים מְאֹ֑ד וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ שְׁב֣וּ בִֽירֵח֔וֹ עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־יְצַמַּ֥ח זְקַנְכֶ֖ם וְשַׁבְתֶּֽם׃

   va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-GI-du le-da-VID al-ha-a-na-SHIM va-yish-LAKH lik-ra-TAM ki-ha-YU ha-a-na-SHIM nikh-la-MIM me-OD va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh she-VU vi-re-KHO AD a-sher-ye-tsam-MAKH ze-kan-KHEM ve-shav-TEM

   and they went and they told to David about the men and he sent to meet them for they were the men ashamed very and he said the king stay in Jericho until which will grow your beard and then you shall return

Exegesis

The causal conjunction ki-hayu {כִּי־הָי֥וּ | kî-hā-yû} ‘because they were’ introduces the participial clause ha-anashim nikhlamim meod {הָאֲנָשִׁים֖ נִכְלָמִים֣ מְאֹד | hā-ʾănāšîm nîḵlāmîm meʾōḏ} ‘the men were humiliated very’ describing their state.