כִּ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֥י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י כָל־משפטו מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו

   KI KAL-mish-pa-TO mish-pa-TAV

   for all of his judgment his judgments
3. clause🔊 כִּ֥י כָל־משפטו מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו לְנֶגְדִּ֑י

   KI KAL-mish-pa-TO mish-pa-TAV le-NEG-di

   for all of his judgment his judgments before me
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֥י כָל־משפטו מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו לֹא־אָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

   KI KAL-mish-pa-TO mish-pa-TAV le-NEG-di ve-khu-ko-TAV LO-a-SUR mi-me-NA

   for all of his judgment his judgments before me and his statutes I did not turn aside from it or from her

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conjunction ki {כִּ֥י | kî} ‘for’, introducing the rationale for David’s declaration.

Root and etymology

ch-sh-k🔊 ח־שׁ־ךchet–shin–kaf

“darkness, obscurity”

• 🔊 חֹשֶׁךְchoshekhdarknessGenesis 1:2