כִּ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֤י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֤י גַם־יָדָם֙

   KI gam-ya-DAM

   for also their hand
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ לָרָצִים֩ הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים עָלָ֜יו סֹ֥בּוּ וְהָמִ֣יתוּ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה כִּ֤י גַם־יָדָם֙ עִם־דָּוִ֔ד וְכִ֤י יָֽדְעוּ֙ כִּֽי־בֹרֵ֣חַ ה֔וּא וְלֹ֥א גָל֖וּ אֶת־אזנו אָזְנִ֑י

   va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-ra-TSIM ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV SO-bu ve-ha-MI-tu ko-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH KI gam-ya-DAM im-da-VID ve-KI ya-de-U ki-bo-RE-akh HU ve-LO ga-LU et-oz-NO oz-NI

   and he said the king to the runners or guards the ones standing over him or beside him turn {around} and put to death priests of the LORD for also their hand is with David and that they knew that {he was} fleeing he and not they revealed the ear of him my ear
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ לָרָצִים֩ הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים עָלָ֜יו סֹ֥בּוּ וְהָמִ֣יתוּ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה כִּ֤י גַם־יָדָם֙ עִם־דָּוִ֔ד וְכִ֤י יָֽדְעוּ֙ כִּֽי־בֹרֵ֣חַ ה֔וּא וְלֹ֥א גָל֖וּ אֶת־אזנו אָזְנִ֑י וְלֹֽא־אָב֞וּ עַבְדֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ אֶת־יָדָ֔ם לִפְגֹ֖עַ בְּכֹהֲנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

   va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-ra-TSIM ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV SO-bu ve-ha-MI-tu ko-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH KI gam-ya-DAM im-da-VID ve-KI ya-de-U ki-bo-RE-akh HU ve-LO ga-LU et-oz-NO oz-NI ve-lo-A-VU av-DEI ha-ME-lekh lish-lo-AKH et-ya-DAM lif-GO-a be-kho-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH

   and he said the king to the runners or guards the ones standing over him or beside him turn {around} and put to death priests of the LORD for also their hand is with David and that they knew that {he was} fleeing he and not they revealed the ear of him my ear and they were not willing servants of the king to send forth their hand to strike against priests of the LORD

Exegesis

Causal conjunctions kî {כִּ֤י | kî} and wə-kî {וְכִ֤י | wə-kî} introduce motives: gam-yādām ʿim Dāwîḏ {גַם־יָדָם֙ עִם־דָּוִ֔ד | gam-yādām ʿim Dāwîḏ} ‘also their hand is with David’ and yāḏəʿû kî-bōrēaḥ hûʾ {יָֽדְעוּ֙ כִּֽי־בֹרֵ֣חַ ה֔וּא | yāḏəʿû kî-bōrēaḥ hûʾ} ‘they knew that he was fleeing.’