הָיִ֖יתָ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הָיִ֖יתָ

   ha-YI-ta

   you were
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּי־עֶ֥בֶד הָיִ֖יתָ

   ki-E-ved ha-YI-ta

   that a slave you were
3. clause🔊 וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ כִּי־עֶ֥בֶד הָיִ֖יתָ בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם

   ve-za-KAR-ta ki-E-ved ha-YI-ta be-mits-RA-yim

   and you shall remember that a slave you were in Egypt
4. sentence🔊 וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ כִּי־עֶ֥בֶד הָיִ֖יתָ בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ וְעָשִׂ֔יתָ אֵת־הֽ͏ַחֻקִּ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

   ve-za-KAR-ta ki-E-ved ha-YI-ta be-mits-RA-yim ve-sha-MAR-ta ve-a-SI-ta et-ha-khu-KIM ha-E-le

   and you shall remember that a slave you were in Egypt and you shall be careful and you shall do these statutes these

Exegesis

The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} links the command to its rationale in the recollection that ‘eved hayita’ {עֶ֥בֶד הָיִ֖יתָ | ʿe-vêḏ hā-yî-ṯā} ‘you were a slave’ in Egypt (beMitzrayim {בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם | bə-miṣ-rā-yim}), establishing the historical context.