כִּ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֖י

   KI

   for or but rather
2. clause🔊 וְגַם־בְּחָלְיוֹ֙ לֹא־דָרַ֣שׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֖י בָּרֹפְאִֽים׃

   ve-gam-be-khal-YO lo-da-RASH et-ye-ho-VAH KI ba-ro-fe-IM

   and also in his sickness he did not seek the LORD for or but rather in the healers or in the physicians
3. sentence🔊 וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א אָסָ֡א בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלוֹשִׁ֨ים וָתֵ֤שַׁע לְמַלְכוּתוֹ֙ בְּרַגְלָ֔יו עַד־לְמַ֖עְלָה חָלְי֑וֹ וְגַם־בְּחָלְיוֹ֙ לֹא־דָרַ֣שׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֖י בָּרֹפְאִֽים׃

   va-ye-khe-LE a-SA bish-NA-t she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha le-mal-khu-TO be-rag-LA-v ad-le-ma-a-LA khal-YO ve-gam-be-khal-YO lo-da-RASH et-ye-ho-VAH KI ba-ro-fe-IM

   and he became sick Asa in the year of thirty and nine of his reign or of his kingship in his feet up to upwardness or exceedingly his sickness and also in his sickness he did not seek the LORD for or but rather in the healers or in the physicians

Exegesis

The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces lodarash ʾet-Yəhōwāh {לֹא־דָרַשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה | lō dāraš ʾet Yəhōwāh} ‘but he did not seek the LORD’, highlighting his failure despite the critical condition, and the final phrase be-rōp̄êʾîm {בָּרֹפְאִים | bə-rōp̄êʾîm} ‘to the physicians’ emphasizes his misplaced reliance. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew clause order: narrative shift, temporal modifier, locative and result clauses, contrast clause, and comitative opposition.

Root and etymology

consonants מ־ל־ך🔊 מ־ל־ךmem–lamed–kaf

“to reign”

• 🔊 מֶלֶךְmelekking1 Samuel 8:10
• 🔊 מַמְלָכָהmamlakahkingdom1 Kings 10:20