נִכְנָ֔עוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נִכְנָ֔עוּ

   nikh-na-U

   they humbled themselves
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י נִכְנָ֔עוּ

   KI nikh-na-U

   that they humbled themselves
3. clause🔊 וּבִרְא֤וֹת יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י נִכְנָ֔עוּ הָיָה֩ דְבַר־יְהוָ֨ה אֶל־שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה לֵאמֹ֛ר נִכְנְע֖וּ לֹ֣א אַשְׁחִיתֵ֑ם

   u-vir-OT ye-ho-VAH KI nikh-na-U ha-YA de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-YA le-MOR nikh-ne-U LO ash-khi-TEM

   and when seeing the LORD that they humbled themselves it was or it happened the word of the LORD to Shemaiah saying they have humbled themselves not I will destroy them
4. sentence🔊 וּבִרְא֤וֹת יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י נִכְנָ֔עוּ הָיָה֩ דְבַר־יְהוָ֨ה אֶל־שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה לֵאמֹ֛ר נִכְנְע֖וּ לֹ֣א אַשְׁחִיתֵ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֤ם כִּמְעַט֙ לִפְלֵיטָ֔ה וְלֹא־תִתַּ֧ךְ חֲמָתִ֛י בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּיַד־שִׁישָֽׁק׃

   u-vir-OT ye-ho-VAH KI nikh-na-U ha-YA de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-YA le-MOR nikh-ne-U LO ash-khi-TEM ve-na-TI la-HEM kim-AT lif-le-TA ve-LO-tit-TAKH kha-ma-TI bi-ru-sha-LIM be-YAD-shi-SHAK

   and when seeing the LORD that they humbled themselves it was or it happened the word of the LORD to Shemaiah saying they have humbled themselves not I will destroy them and I will give to them a little for deliverance or for escape and not will be poured out my wrath in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal clause with nîk-nāʿû {נִכְנָעוּ | they humbled themselves}, a Nifal perfect emphasizing voluntary submission, repeated to frame the subsequent divine declaration.

Root and etymology

k-n-‘🔊 כ־נ־עkaf–nun–ayin

“to humble, submit”

• 🔊 כָּנָהkanâbe afflictedPsalm 107:39
• 🔊 מַחְנֵעַmahna‘humiliationProverbs 22:4