כִּֽי־גָֽדְלָ֤ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־גָֽדְלָ֤ה

   ki-gad-LAH

   because {it} has become great
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־גָֽדְלָ֤ה צַעֲקָתָם֙

   ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM

   their outcry because {it} has become great
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־גָֽדְלָ֤ה צַעֲקָתָם֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ יְהוָ֖ה לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃

   ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH

   their outcry before LORD because {it} has become great LORD {And} sent us to destroy it
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־מַשְׁחִתִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ אֶת־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־גָֽדְלָ֤ה צַעֲקָתָם֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ יְהוָ֖ה לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃

   ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH

   we for {we} are about to destroy the place this their outcry before LORD because {it} has become great LORD {And} sent us to destroy it

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} introducing the causal explanation for the judgment.

A second ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} clause states the reason: gadlah {גָּדְלָ֤ה | gā-ḏā-lāh} “has become great” describes the intensified state of tsaakatam {צַעֲקָתָם֙ | ṣa-ʿă-qā-ṯām} “their outcry,” which stands in construct with et-penei YHWH {אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה | ʾeṯ pə-nê Yə-hō-wāh}, an idiomatic expression for “before the presence of the LORD.”