כִּ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֣י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י אֵֽין־לוֹ֩ חֵ֨לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֜ה

   KI EIN-LO KHE-lek ve-na-kha-LA

   for he has no portion or inheritance
3. clause🔊 וּבָ֣א הַלֵּוִ֡י כִּ֣י אֵֽין־לוֹ֩ חֵ֨לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֜ה עִמָּ֗ךְ וְ֠הַגֵּר וְהַיָּת֤וֹם וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ וְאָכְל֖וּ וְשָׂבֵ֑עוּ

   u-VA ha-le-VI KI EIN-LO KHE-lek ve-na-kha-LA im-MAKH ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA ve-akh-LU ve-sa-VE-u

   and shall come the Levite for he has no portion or inheritance with you and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates and they shall eat and be filled
4. sentence🔊 וּבָ֣א הַלֵּוִ֡י כִּ֣י אֵֽין־לוֹ֩ חֵ֨לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֜ה עִמָּ֗ךְ וְ֠הַגֵּר וְהַיָּת֤וֹם וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ וְאָכְל֖וּ וְשָׂבֵ֑עוּ לְמַ֤עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכָל־מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

   u-VA ha-le-VI KI EIN-LO KHE-lek ve-na-kha-LA im-MAKH ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA ve-akh-LU ve-sa-VE-u le-MA-an ye-va-re-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHOL-ma-a-SEH yad-KHA a-SHER ta-a-SE

   and shall come the Levite for he has no portion or inheritance with you and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates and they shall eat and be filled so that may bless you LORD your God in all the work of your hands which you do

Exegesis

The noun phrase ha-levi {הַלֵּוִי | hă-lā-wî} ‘the Levite’ is the subject, followed by the causal clause ki ein-lo chelek wə-nachalāh im-makh {כִּי אֵין־לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּךְ} ‘because there is not to him portion and inheritance with you’, employing the negative existential ein {אֵין} + pronominal suffix lo {לוֹ}.

Root and etymology

ד־כ־פ🔊 d-k-p

“crest”