כִּֽי־יִצְעֲק֤וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־יִצְעֲק֤וּ

   ki-yits-a-KU

   for when they cry out
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־יִצְעֲק֤וּ אֶל־יְהוָה֙

   ki-yits-a-KU el-Ye-ho-VAH

   for when they cry out to the LORD
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־יִצְעֲק֤וּ אֶל־יְהוָה֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י לֹֽחֲצִ֔ים וְיִשְׁלַ֥ח לָהֶ֛ם מוֹשִׁ֥יעַ וָרָ֖ב וְהִצִּילָֽם׃

   ki-yits-a-KU el-Ye-ho-VAH mip-ne lo-kha-TSIM ve-yish-LAKH la-HEM mo-shi-A va-RAV ve-hi-tsi-LAM

   for when they cry out to the LORD because of oppressors and he will send to them a savior and a defender and he will deliver them
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֨ה לְא֥וֹת וּלְעֵ֛ד לַֽיהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי־יִצְעֲק֤וּ אֶל־יְהוָה֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י לֹֽחֲצִ֔ים וְיִשְׁלַ֥ח לָהֶ֛ם מוֹשִׁ֥יעַ וָרָ֖ב וְהִצִּילָֽם׃

   ve-ha-YA le-OT u-le-ED la-Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM ki-yits-a-KU el-Ye-ho-VAH mip-ne lo-kha-TSIM ve-yish-LAKH la-HEM mo-shi-A va-RAV ve-hi-tsi-LAM

   and it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt for when they cry out to the LORD because of oppressors and he will send to them a savior and a defender and he will deliver them

Exegesis

The causal conjunction kî yiṣʿăqû ʼel-YHWH {כִּֽי־יִצְעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָה֙ | kî yiṣ-ʿă-qâ-w ʼel-yəhō-wāh} links oppression to divine appeal, while mip̄nê loḥaṣîm {מִפְּנֵ֣י לֹֽחֲצִ֔ים | mip̄-nê lō-ḥă-ṣîm} specifies the oppressors.