כִּ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֥י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י שְׁמִ֖י

   KI she-MI

   for my name
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יִשָּׂא֙ לְפִשְׁעֲכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שְׁמִ֖י בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

   KI LO yis-SA le-fish-a-KHEM KI she-MI beh-kir-BO

   for not pardon your transgression for my name within him
4. sentence🔊 הִשָּׁ֧מֶר מִפָּנָ֛יו וּשְׁמַ֥ע בְּקֹל֖וֹ אַל־תַּמֵּ֣ר בּ֑וֹ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יִשָּׂא֙ לְפִשְׁעֲכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שְׁמִ֖י בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

   hish-sha-MER mi-pa-NAV oo-she-MA beh-ko-LO ahl-ta-MER BO KI LO yis-SA le-fish-a-KHEM KI she-MI beh-kir-BO

   beware before him obey his voice do not rebel against him for not pardon your transgression for my name within him

Exegesis

The Piel prohibition al-tammer {אַל־תַּמֵּר | ʾal-tammēr} ‘do not rebel’ with bo {בּוֹ | bô} ‘in him’ contrasts with the apodotic imperfect yissa {יִשָּׂא | yissāʾ} ‘he will bear’, framed by the first ki {כִּי | kî} and le-fishakhem {לְפִשְׁעֲכֶם | lə-p̄išʿāḵēm} ‘for your rebellion’, articulating consequence.

The second ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the verbless clause shemi bekirbo {שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ | šēmî bē-qirbô} ‘My Name is within him’, underscoring divine indwelling. Parataxis is mirrored in English punctuation to preserve clause relationships and theological emphasis.

Root and etymology

z-k-r🔊 ז־כ־רzayin-kaph-resh

“to remember, invoke”

• 🔊 זָכַרzakarhe rememberedExodus 3:15