כִּ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֥י

   KI

   that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י מָרַ֖דְתָּ

   KI ma-RAD-ta

   that you rebelled
3. clause🔊 עַתָּה֙ עַל־מִ֣י בָטַ֔חְתָּ כִּ֥י מָרַ֖דְתָּ בִּֽי׃

   a-TA al-MI va-TAKH-ta KI ma-RAD-ta BI

   now upon whom have you trusted that you rebelled against me
4. sentence🔊 אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אַךְ־דְּבַר־שְׂפָתַ֔יִם עֵצָ֥ה וּגְבוּרָ֖ה לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה עַתָּה֙ עַל־מִ֣י בָטַ֔חְתָּ כִּ֥י מָרַ֖דְתָּ בִּֽי׃

   a-MAR-ta akh-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim E-tsa u-ge-vu-RA la-mil-kha-MA a-TA al-MI va-TAKH-ta KI ma-RAD-ta BI

   you said only a word of lips counsel and might for the war now upon whom have you trusted that you rebelled against me

Exegesis

The shift to a rhetorical question is signaled by the adverb attah {עַתָּה | ʿattāh} ‘now’, followed by the prepositional interrogative al mi {עַל־מִי | ʿal mî} ‘upon whom’, the verb vatachta {בָטַחְתָּ | baṭaḥ-tā} ‘have you trusted’, the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘that’, and the verb maradta {מָרַדְתָּ | märäd-tā} ‘have you rebelled’, ending with the suffix bi {בִּי | bî} ‘against me’. The English maintains the Hebrew’s syntactic sequence and confrontational tone.

Root and etymology

š-k-l🔊 שׂ־כּ־לshin–kaph–lamed

“to act wisely, to succeed”