כִּֽי־עַל־פִּ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־עַל־פִּ֤י

   ki-al-PI

   for by the mouth of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־עַל־פִּ֤י אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙

   ki-al-PI av-sha-LOM

   for by the mouth of Absalom
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־עַל־פִּ֤י אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ הָיְתָ֣ה שׂוּמָ֔ה מִיּוֹם֙ עַנֹּת֔וֹ אֵ֖ת תָּמָ֥ר אֲחֹתֽוֹ׃

   ki-al-PI av-sha-LOM ha-ye-TA su-MA mi-YOM a-NO-to ET ta-MAR a-kho-TO

   for by the mouth of Absalom it has been set or established from the day his violating or humiliating Tamar his sister
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֡עַן יוֹנָדָ֣ב בֶּן־שִׁמְעָ֨ה אֲחִֽי־דָוִ֜ד וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַל־יֹאמַ֤ר אֲדֹנִי֙ אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַנְּעָרִ֤ים בְּנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הֵמִ֔יתוּ כִּֽי־אַמְנ֥וֹן לְבַדּ֖וֹ מֵ֑ת כִּֽי־עַל־פִּ֤י אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ הָיְתָ֣ה שׂוּמָ֔ה מִיּוֹם֙ עַנֹּת֔וֹ אֵ֖ת תָּמָ֥ר אֲחֹתֽוֹ׃

   va-YA-an yo-na-DAV ben-shim-A a-khi-da-VID va-yo-MER al-yo-MAR a-do-NI ET kol-ha-ne-a-RIM be-NE-ha-ME-lekh he-MI-tu ki-am-NON le-vad-DO MET ki-al-PI av-sha-LOM ha-ye-TA su-MA mi-YOM a-NO-to ET ta-MAR a-kho-TO

   and answered Jonadab son of Shimeah brother of David and said let not {him} say my lord all the young men sons of the king they have put to death for Amnon alone is dead for by the mouth of Absalom it has been set or established from the day his violating or humiliating Tamar his sister

Exegesis

The adversative conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces both the factual correction and the motive clause.