כִּ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֤י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֤י שָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙

   KI sha-KHAKH-at

   for you have forgotten
3. clause🔊 כִּ֤י שָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְ וְצ֥וּר מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְ לֹ֣א זָכָ֑רְתְּ

   KI sha-KHAKH-at e-lo-HE yish-EKH ve-TSUR ma-u-ZEKh LO za-KHARKH-at

   for you have forgotten God of your salvation and rock of your stronghold or refuge not you have remembered
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֤י שָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְ וְצ֥וּר מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְ לֹ֣א זָכָ֑רְתְּ עַל־כֵּ֗ן תִּטְּעִי֙ נִטְעֵ֣י נַעֲמָנִ֔ים וּזְמֹ֥רַת זָ֖ר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃

   KI sha-KHAKH-at e-lo-HE yish-EKH ve-TSUR ma-u-ZEKh LO za-KHARKH-at al-KEN tit-E-I nit-E na-a-ma-NIM u-ze-MO-rat ZAR tiz-ra-E-NO

   for you have forgotten God of your salvation and rock of your stronghold or refuge not you have remembered therefore you will plant plantings of pleasant things or delightful plants and a branch-shoot of a stranger you will sow it

Exegesis

The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the reason for divine neglect.