כִּֽי־מֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־מֵ֥י

   KI-MEI

   for the waters of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים

   KI-MEI nim-re-RIM

   for the waters of Nimrim
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ

   KI-MEI nim-re-RIM me-sham-MOT yih-YU

   for the waters of Nimrim desolations or waste places they will be
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃

   KI-MEI nim-re-RIM me-sham-MOT yih-YU KI-ya-VESH kha-TSIR ka-LA DE-she YE-rek LO ha-YA

   for the waters of Nimrim desolations or waste places they will be for has dried up grass has come to an end or is finished vegetation or tender grass greenery not was or existed

Exegesis

The Hebrew verse begins with the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’, introducing the first reason clause.

The construct phrase mei Nimrim {מֵי נִמְרִים | mēy nimrîm} ‘waters of Nimrim’ specifies location.

A second ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ marks a parallel cause; the perfect verbs yavesh {יָבֵשׁ | yāvēš} ‘has dried up’ and kalah {כָּלָה | kālāh} ‘has perished’ depict successive declines in vegetation.