כִּ֚י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֚י

   KI

   that
2. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע שָׁא֔וּל כִּ֚י נוֹדַ֣ע דָּוִ֔ד וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ

   va-yish-MA sha-UL KI no-DA da-VID va-a-na-SHIM a-SHER i-TO

   and he heard Saul that was made known David and men who with him
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע שָׁא֔וּל כִּ֚י נוֹדַ֣ע דָּוִ֔ד וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ וְשָׁאוּל֩ יוֹשֵׁ֨ב בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ בְיָד֔וֹ וְכָל־עֲבָדָ֖יו נִצָּבִ֥ים עָלָֽיו׃

   va-yish-MA sha-UL KI no-DA da-VID va-a-na-SHIM a-SHER i-TO ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV

   and he heard Saul that was made known David and men who with him and Saul was sitting in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height and his spear in his hand and all his servants were standing around him

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּ֚י | kî} introduces a content clause headed by the passive Nifal noda‘ {נוֹדַ֣ע | nô-ḏaʿ} ‘became known’, focusing on the revelation concerning David.