כִּ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֥י

   KI

   that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י נָסַ֖ע

   KI na-SA

   that he had set out or departed
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י נָסַ֖ע מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃

   KI sha-MA KI na-SA mil-la-KHISH

   for he heard that he had set out or departed from Lachish
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה וַיִּמְצָא֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר נִלְחָ֖ם עַל־לִבְנָ֑ה כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י נָסַ֖ע מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃

   va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA KI sha-MA KI na-SA mil-la-KHISH

   and he returned the Rabshakeh and he found {direct object} the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah for he heard that he had set out or departed from Lachish

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} begins a causal clause ki shama ki nasa {כִּי שָׁמַע כִּי נָסַע | kî šā-máʿ kî nā-sáʿ} ‘for he heard that he had departed’, linking the report to the movement from milakhish {מִלָּכִישׁ | mil-lā-ḵîš} ‘Lachish’. This preserves the Hebrew’s sequential and causal relationships.

Root and etymology

m-l-k🔊 מ-ל-ךmem–lamed–kaf

“king”

• 🔊 מֶלֶךְmelekkingGenesis 14:1