כִּ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֥י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י קָר֖וֹב

   KI ka-ROV

   for near
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֗י בְּשַׁלַּ֣ח פַּרְעֹה֮ אֶת־הָעָם֒ וְלֹא־נָחָ֣ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים דֶּ֚רֶךְ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים כִּ֥י קָר֖וֹב ה֑וּא

   va-ye-HI be-sha-LAKH par-O ET-ha-AM ve-lo-na-KHAM e-lo-HIM DE-rekh E-rets pe-lish-TEEM KI ka-ROV HU

   {And} it happened Pharaoh when sending away the people God {And He} did not lead way of land of Philistines for near it
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֗י בְּשַׁלַּ֣ח פַּרְעֹה֮ אֶת־הָעָם֒ וְלֹא־נָחָ֣ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים דֶּ֚רֶךְ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים כִּ֥י קָר֖וֹב ה֑וּא כִּ֣י אָמַ֣ר אֱלֹהִ֗ים פֶּֽן־יִנָּחֵ֥ם הָעָ֛ם בִּרְאֹתָ֥ם מִלְחָמָ֖ה וְשָׁ֥בוּ מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

   va-ye-HI be-sha-LAKH par-O ET-ha-AM ve-lo-na-KHAM e-lo-HIM DE-rekh E-rets pe-lish-TEEM KI ka-ROV HU KI a-MAR e-lo-HIM pen-yin-na-KHEM ha-AM bir-o-TAM mil-kha-MA ve-sha-VU mits-rai-MA

   {And} it happened Pharaoh when sending away the people God {And He} did not lead way of land of Philistines for near it for God {He} said lest reconsider the people when they see war {And} return to Egypt

Exegesis

A noun construct chain derekh {דֶּ֚רֶךְ | de-reḵ} + erets {אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾe-reṣ} + pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | pelištîm} ‘way of the land of the Philistines’ defines the route, introduced by ki {כִּ֥י | kî} ‘for’ as motive.

The conjunction ki {כִּ֣י | kî} precedes the speech marker amar {אָמַר | ʾāmar}, leading into a purpose clause with pen {פֶּן־ | pen} ‘lest’, governing the Nifal imperfect yinnakhem {יִנָּחֵ֥ם | yinnāḥēm} ‘they may relent’, and the infinitive biraotam {בִּרְאֹתָ֥ם | birʾōṯām} ‘upon seeing them’ introduces the circumstance milchamah {מִלְחָמָ֖ה | milḥāmâ} ‘war’.