אָֽנֹכִי֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָֽנֹכִי֙

   a-no-KHI

   I
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֤י אָֽנֹכִי֙

   KI a-no-KHI

   that I
3. clause🔊 הֲל֗וֹא כִּ֤י אָֽנֹכִי֙ צִוִּ֣יתִי אֶתְכֶ֔ם חִזְק֖וּ וִהְי֥וּ לִבְנֵי־חָֽיִל׃

   ha-lo KI a-no-KHI tsi-vi-TI et-khem khiz-KU vi-hyu liv-ne-KHA-yil

   is it not so that I commanded you be strong and be men of strength or valor
4. sentence🔊 וַיְצַו֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֶת־נְעָרָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר רְא֣וּ נָ֠א כְּט֨וֹב לֵב־אַמְנ֤וֹן בַּיַּ֙יִן֙ וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם הַכּ֧וּ אֶת־אַמְנ֛וֹן וַהֲמִתֶּ֥ם אֹת֖וֹ אַל־תִּירָ֑אוּ הֲל֗וֹא כִּ֤י אָֽנֹכִי֙ צִוִּ֣יתִי אֶתְכֶ֔ם חִזְק֖וּ וִהְי֥וּ לִבְנֵי־חָֽיִל׃

   va-ye-TSAV av-sha-LOM et-ne-a-RAV le-MOR re-U NA ke-TOV lev-am-NON ba-ya-YIN ve-a-mar-TI a-le-KHEM ha-KU et-am-NON va-ha-mi-TEM o-TO al-ti-re-U ha-lo KI a-no-KHI tsi-vi-TI et-khem khiz-KU vi-hyu liv-ne-KHA-yil

   and he commanded Absalom his young men saying see please when good the heart of Amnon with wine and I say to you strike Amnon then you shall kill him do not fear is it not so that I commanded you be strong and be men of strength or valor

Exegesis

The jussive al-tirau {אַל־תִּירָ֑אוּ | ʾal-tî-rāʾû} prohibits fear, while the interrogative halo {הֲל֗וֹא | hə-lōʾ} and justification clause ki anokhi tsiviti {כִּי אָנֹכִי צִוִּיתִ֣י | kî ʾā-nō-ḵî ṣîw-wî-tî} underscore Absalom’s authority.