כִּֽי־כֵ֣ן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־כֵ֣ן

   kee-KEHN

   for thus
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־כֵ֣ן צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗י

   kee-KEHN tsi-WA oh-TEE

   for thus commanded me
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־כֵ֣ן צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗י בִּדְבַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹא־תֹ֥אכַל לֶ֖חֶם וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁתֶּה־מָּ֑יִם

   kee-KEHN tsi-WA oh-TEE bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH leh-MOR loh-to-KHAL LE-khem veh-LO tish-teh-MAA-yim

   for thus commanded me by the word of LORD saying not eat bread and not drink water
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־כֵ֣ן צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗י בִּדְבַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹא־תֹ֥אכַל לֶ֖חֶם וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁתֶּה־מָּ֑יִם וְלֹ֣א תָשׁ֔וּב בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלָֽכְתָּ׃

   kee-KEHN tsi-WA oh-TEE bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH leh-MOR loh-to-KHAL LE-khem veh-LO tish-teh-MAA-yim veh-LO ta-SHUV bah-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-lakh-TA

   for thus commanded me by the word of LORD saying not eat bread and not drink water and not return by the way which went

Exegesis

The opening כִּֽי־כֵ֣ן {כִּֽי־כֵ֣ן | kî-kên} forms a causal frame (“for/because—so it is”), grounding the speaker’s refusal in prior authority rather than personal preference.