כִּ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֥י

   KI

   for or because
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי

   KI a-fa-FU-ni

   for or because they encompassed me
3. clause🔊 כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָ֑וֶת

   KI a-fa-FU-ni mish-be-REI-MA-vet

   for or because they encompassed me breakers of death
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָ֑וֶת נַחֲלֵ֥י בְלִיַּ֖עַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃

   KI a-fa-FU-ni mish-be-REI-MA-vet na-kha-LEI be-li-YA-al ye-va-a-TU-ni

   for or because they encompassed me breakers of death torrents or wadis of worthlessness or destruction they terrified me

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces a causal clause explaining the speaker’s peril.

Root and etymology

ch-sh-k🔊 ח־שׁ־ךchet–shin–kaf

“darkness, obscurity”

• 🔊 חֹשֶׁךְchoshekhdarknessGenesis 1:2