כִּֽי־קָרַ֣ע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־קָרַ֣ע

   ki-ka-RA

   for he tore away
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־קָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

   ki-ka-RA yis-re-EL

   for he tore away Israel
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־קָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵעַל֙ בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֔ד וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּ אֶת־יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֑ט

   ki-ka-RA yis-re-EL me-AL BET da-VID va-yam-li-KHU et-ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT

   for he tore away Israel from upon house of David and they made king {direct object} Jeroboam son of Nebat
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־קָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵעַל֙ בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֔ד וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּ אֶת־יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֑ט וידא וַיַּדַּ֨ח יָרָבְעָ֤ם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְהֶחֱטֵיאָ֖ם חֲטָאָ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃

   ki-ka-RA yis-re-EL me-AL BET da-VID va-yam-li-KHU et-ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT ve-ye-DA va-yad-DAKH ya-ra-vAM et-yis-re-EL me-a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH ve-he-khe-ti-AM kha-ta-A ge-do-LA

   for he tore away Israel from upon house of David and they made king {direct object} Jeroboam son of Nebat and he knew and he drove away Jeroboam {direct object} Israel from after the LORD and he caused them to sin a sin great

Exegesis

The verse opens with the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} signaling a causal clause.

It employs successive wayyiqtol Hiphil verbs: qara‘ {קָרַע | qāra‘} ‘tore,’ where Israel is subject; wayyamlîkû {וַיַּמְלִיכוּ | wayyamlîkû} ‘they made king,’ with ’ēt {אֵת־ | ’ēt} marking Jeroboam as object; and wayyadaḥ {וַיַּדַּח | wayyadaḥ} ‘caused to stray,’ where Jeroboam is subject and mē’aḥərê {מֵאַחֲרֵי | mē’aḥərê} ‘from following’ governs YHWH as object.

Root and etymology

q-r-‘🔊 qoph–resh–‘ayin

“to tear, rend apart”

• 🔊 מִקְרָעmiqrā‘tearingLeviticus 13:56