קָ֥מוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 קָ֥מוּ

   ka-MU

   had arisen
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו

   ka-MU e-NA-v

   had arisen his eyes
3. clause🔊 וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃

   va-a-khi-YA-hu lo-YA-khol lir-OT KI ka-MU e-NA-v mi-se-VO

   and Ahijah was not able to see for or because had arisen his eyes from his grayness or from old age
4. sentence🔊 וַתַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַתָּ֙קָם֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַתָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית אֲחִיָּ֑ה וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃

   va-ta-AS KEN E-shet ya-rav-AM va-ta-KAM va-te-LEKH shi-LO va-ta-VO BET a-khi-YA va-a-khi-YA-hu lo-YA-khol lir-OT KI ka-MU e-NA-v mi-se-VO

   and she did so or thus wife of Jeroboam and she arose and she went to Shiloh and she came house of Ahijah and Ahijah was not able to see for or because had arisen his eyes from his grayness or from old age

Exegesis

The causal clause ki kamu einav miseivo links this condition to age: kamu {קָ֥מוּ | qā-mû} ‘had become dim’ describes einav {עֵינָ֖יו | ’ê-’î-nāw} ‘his eyes’, with miseivo {מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ | mi-sē-wō} ‘from old age’ as the explanatory prepositional phrase. The vav-consecutive narrative and construct chains maintain clarity and pace while highlighting the cause-and-effect relationship.