כִּֽי־קָרָ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־קָרָ֥א

   ki-ka-RA

   because is proclaimed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־קָרָ֥א שְׁמִטָּ֖ה

   ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH

   because is proclaimed a release
3. clause🔊 לֹֽא־יִגֹּ֤שׂ אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ וְאֶת־אָחִ֔יו כִּֽי־קָרָ֥א שְׁמִטָּ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃

   lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH

   he shall not exact from his neighbor and from his brother because is proclaimed a release for the LORD
4. sentence🔊 וְזֶה֮ דְּבַ֣ר הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ שָׁמ֗וֹט כָּל־בַּ֙עַל֙ מַשֵּׁ֣ה יָד֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַשֶּׁ֖ה בְּרֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹֽא־יִגֹּ֤שׂ אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ וְאֶת־אָחִ֔יו כִּֽי־קָרָ֥א שְׁמִטָּ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃

   ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH

   and this the matter of the release release every creditor who lends with his hand who lends to his neighbor he shall not exact from his neighbor and from his brother because is proclaimed a release for the LORD

Exegesis

Finally, the causal clause kî qārāʾ shemittah la-YHWH {כִּי־קָרָא שְׁמִטָּה לַיהוָה | kî qārāʾ še-miṭṭāh la-YHWH} ‘because a release has been proclaimed for the LORD’ grounds the entire rule in divine decree, a structure preserved in the English by maintaining Hebrew clause order and adding an em-dash for the neighbor-brother clarification.