כִּֽי־יָרֵ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־יָרֵ֥א

   ki-ya-RE

   for feared
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־יָרֵ֥א הָעָ֖ם

   ki-ya-RE ha-AM

   for feared the people
3. clause🔊 וְאֵין־מַשִּׂ֤יג יָדוֹ֙ אֶל־פִּ֔יו כִּֽי־יָרֵ֥א הָעָ֖ם אֶת־הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃

   ve-EN-ma-si-SIG ya-DO el-pi-V ki-ya-RE ha-AM et-ha-she-vu-A

   and there was not reaching his hand to his mouth for feared the people the oath
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֤א הָעָם֙ אֶל־הַיַּ֔עַר וְהִנֵּ֖ה הֵ֣לֶךְ דְּבָ֑שׁ וְאֵין־מַשִּׂ֤יג יָדוֹ֙ אֶל־פִּ֔יו כִּֽי־יָרֵ֥א הָעָ֖ם אֶת־הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃

   va-ya-VO ha-AM el-ha-ya-AR ve-hin-NE HE-lekh de-VASH ve-EN-ma-si-SIG ya-DO el-pi-V ki-ya-RE ha-AM et-ha-she-vu-A

   and came the people to the forest and look went or was flowing honey and there was not reaching his hand to his mouth for feared the people the oath

Exegesis

Finally, the causal conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî-} ‘for’ introduces the result clause where the perfect verb yare {יָרֵ֥א | yā-rēʼ} ‘feared’ takes the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet-} before hashevuah {הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה | ha-šə-vū-ʻāh} ‘the oath’, placing the motivating fear at the conclusion for rhetorical impact.

Root and etymology

y-r-ʼ🔊 י־ר־אyod–resh–aleph

“to fear, revere”

• 🔊 מוֹרָאmorafear, aweDeuteronomy 4:10