כִּֽי־אמר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־אמר

   KI-a-MAR

   for he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־אמר אָמְרֻ֣ו‪ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים

   KI-a-MAR am-re-VU fe-lish-TIM

   for he said they said the Philistines
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־אמר אָמְרֻ֣ו‪ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פֶּ֚ן יַעֲשׂ֣וּ הָעִבְרִ֔ים חֶ֖רֶב א֥וֹ חֲנִֽית׃

   KI-a-MAR am-re-VU fe-lish-TIM PEN ya-a-SU ha-iv-RIM KHE-rev O kha-NIT

   for he said they said the Philistines lest they make the Hebrews a sword or a spear
4. sentence🔊 וְחָרָשׁ֙ לֹ֣א יִמָּצֵ֔א בְּכֹ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־אמר אָמְרֻ֣ו‪ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פֶּ֚ן יַעֲשׂ֣וּ הָעִבְרִ֔ים חֶ֖רֶב א֥וֹ חֲנִֽית׃

   ve-kha-RASH LO yim-ma-TSE be-KHOL E-rets yis-ra-EL KI-a-MAR am-re-VU fe-lish-TIM PEN ya-a-SU ha-iv-RIM KHE-rev O kha-NIT

   and a craftsman or smith not would be found in all land of Israel for he said they said the Philistines lest they make the Hebrews a sword or a spear

Exegesis

The causal conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | ki} ‘for’ introduces a quotation marked by the perfect forms ’ā-mar {אָמַ֥ר | ʼā-mar} and ’am-rû {אָמְרוּ֙ | ʼam-rû} ‘they said,’ framing the Philistines’ declaration.