נָקִ֔י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נָקִ֔י

   na-KI

   innocent
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י

   be-DAM na-KI

   with blood innocent
3. clause🔊 וְלָ֤מָּה תֶֽחֱטָא֙ בְּדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י לְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד חִנָּֽם׃

   ve-la-MA te-khe-TA be-DAM na-KI le-ha-MIT et-da-VID khi-NAM

   and why will you sin with blood innocent to put to death David without cause
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּשֶׂם֩ אֶת־נַפְשׁ֨וֹ בְכַפּ֜וֹ וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוָ֜ה תְּשׁוּעָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתָ וַתִּשְׂמָ֑ח וְלָ֤מָּה תֶֽחֱטָא֙ בְּדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י לְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד חִנָּֽם׃

   va-ya-SEM et-naf-SHO ve-kha-PO va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ya-AS ye-ho-VAH te-shu-A ge-do-LA le-khol-yis-ra-EL ra-I-ta va-tis-MAKH ve-la-MA te-khe-TA be-DAM na-KI le-ha-MIT et-da-VID khi-NAM

   and he put in his palm and he struck the Philistine and he made or did the LORD salvation great for all Israel you saw and you rejoiced and why will you sin with blood innocent to put to death David without cause

Exegesis

The final clause contrasts divine deliverance with human wrongdoing through the accusative bedām nāqî {בְּדָם נָקִי | bə-dām nāqî} ‘innocent blood’, emphasizing the ethical stakes.

Root and etymology

n-q-y🔊 n–q–y

“innocent”