בָנִים֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָנִים֙

   va-NIM

   sons or children
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙

   KI va-U va-NIM

   for have come sons or children
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְכֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְלֵדָֽה׃

   KI va-U va-NIM ad-mash-BER ve-KHO-akh A-yin le-LE-da

   for have come sons or children to the point of birthstool or breaking forth and strength there is not to give birth
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם־צָרָ֧ה וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּנְאָצָ֖ה הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְכֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְלֵדָֽה׃

   va-yo-me-RU e-LA-yv KO a-MAR khiz-ki-YA-hu yom-tsa-RA ve-to-khe-KHA u-ne-a-TSA ha-YOM ha-ZE KI va-U va-NIM ad-mash-BER ve-KHO-akh A-yin le-LE-da

   and they said to him thus said Hezekiah a day of distress and of rebuke and of contempt or disgrace the day this for have come sons or children to the point of birthstool or breaking forth and strength there is not to give birth

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces the ground for this assessment: bau banim ad-mashber {בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר | bāʾû bānîm ʿad-mašbēr} portrays impending birth as a metaphor for reaching a decisive threshold.