כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ

   KI-ya-VESH

   for has dried up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙

   KI-ya-VESH kha-TSIR

   for has dried up grass
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃

   KI-ya-VESH kha-TSIR ka-LA DE-she YE-rek LO ha-YA

   for has dried up grass has come to an end or is finished vegetation or tender grass greenery not was or existed
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.

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.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־ב־שׁyod–bet–shin

“to dry up”

• 🔊 יֻבֵּשׁyubbēšdried upExodus 29:20