כִּ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֣י

   KI

   for or because
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י יִפָּקֵ֔ד

   KI yip-pa-KED

   for or because will be empty or will be absent
3. clause🔊 וְנִפְקַדְתָּ֙ כִּ֣י יִפָּקֵ֔ד מוֹשָׁבֶ֖ךָ׃

   ve-nif-kad-TA KI yip-pa-KED mo-sha-VE-kha

   and you will be missed for or because will be empty or will be absent your seat
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר־ל֥וֹ יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן מָחָ֣ר חֹ֑דֶשׁ וְנִפְקַדְתָּ֙ כִּ֣י יִפָּקֵ֔ד מוֹשָׁבֶ֖ךָ׃

   va-YO-mer-LO ye-ho-na-TAN ma-KHAR KHO-desh ve-nif-kad-TA KI yip-pa-KED mo-sha-VE-kha

   and he said to him Jonathan tomorrow new moon or new month and you will be missed for or because will be empty or will be absent your seat

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} signals the causal clause, followed by the Qal imperfect teḥsar {תֶּחְסָר | te-ḥō-sar} ‘you will lack’, governing moshbecha {מוֹשְׁבְּךָ | mō-šə-bbe-kha} ‘your seat’, which is modified by the adjective reqah {רֵיקָה | rē-qā(h)} ‘empty’. The use of vav-consecutive narrative and imperfect forms drives the unfolding of promise and consequence.

Root and etymology

’-n-k🔊 א־נ־כaleph–nun–kaf

“I, myself”

• 🔊 אֲנַחְנוּ’ă-nakh-nuweGenesis 1:28