כִּ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֥י

   KI

   that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י

   KI a-NI

   that I
3. clause🔊 וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

   vi-da-e-TEM KI a-NI a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VAH

   and you will know that I Lord LORD
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיְתָ֣ה יָדִ֗י אֶֽל־הַנְּבִיאִ֞ים הַחֹזִ֣ים שָׁוְא֮ וְהַקֹּסְמִ֣ים כָּזָב֒ בְּס֧וֹד עַמִּ֣י לֹֽא־יִהְי֗וּ וּבִכְתָ֤ב בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֹ֣א יִכָּתֵ֔בוּ וְאֶל־אַדְמַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֣א יָבֹ֑אוּ וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

   ve-ha-ye-TA ya-DI el-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-kho-ZIM SHAV-e ve-ha-kko-se-MIM ka-ZAV be-SOD a-MI lo-yih-YU u-vikh-TAV beit-yis-ra-EL LO yik-ka-te-VU ve-el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL LO ya-VO-u vi-da-e-TEM KI a-NI a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VAH

   and it will be my hand against the prophets the ones seeing worthlessness and the ones divining a lie in the council of my people they will not be and in the writing of the house of Israel not they will be written and to the ground of Israel not they will enter or come and you will know that I Lord LORD

Exegesis

The concluding formula viyadatem ki ani adonai YHWH {וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה | wî-ya-ḏaʿ-tem kî ʾă-nî ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} ‘and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD’ asserts divine authority behind the judgment.