כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּר֤וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּר֤וּ

   ki-nish-be-RU

   for they were broken
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּר֤וּ לִפְנֵ֣י־יְהוָ֔ה

   ki-nish-be-RU lif-ne-YE-ye-ho-VAH

   for they were broken before the LORD
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֨ם אָסָ֣א וְהָעָ֗ם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּ֛וֹ עַד־לִגְרָר֒ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל מִכּוּשִׁים֙ לְאֵ֣ין לָהֶ֔ם מִֽחְיָ֖ה כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּר֤וּ לִפְנֵ֣י־יְהוָ֔ה וְלִפְנֵ֖י מַחֲנֵ֣הוּ וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ שָׁלָ֖ל הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

   va-yir-de-FEM a-SA ve-ha-AM a-SHER-im-MO ad-li-ge-RAR va-yip-POL mi-ku-SHIM le-EN la-HEM mi-khe-YA ki-nish-be-RU lif-ne-YE-ye-ho-VAH ve-lif-ne-YE ma-kha-NE-hu va-yis-SU sha-LAL har-BE me-OD

   and they pursued them Asa and the people who were with him as far as Gerar and fell from the Cushites or Ethiopians to there being none for them a living one or survivor for they were broken before the LORD and before his camp and they carried away spoil or plunder much very

Exegesis

The causal clause kî-nišberû liṕnê Yə-hō-wāh {כִּי־נִשְׁבְּרוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | kî-nišberû liṕnê Yə-hō-wāh}, echoed by ū-lᵊ-pᵊnê maḥănêhû {וּלְפָנֵי מַחֲנֵהוּ | ū-lᵊ-pᵊnê maḥănêhû}, attributes victory to divine agency.