כִּשְׁנֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּשְׁנֵ֣י

   kish-NEI

   as the years of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר

   kish-NEI sa-KHIR

   as the years of a hired worker
3. clause🔊 בְּע֤וֹד שָׁנָה֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְכָלָ֖ה כָּל־כְּב֥וֹד קֵדָֽר׃

   be-OD sha-NA kish-NEI sa-KHIR ve-kha-LA kal-ke-VOD ke-DAR

   within or in yet a year as the years of a hired worker and it will be finished or ended all the glory of Kedar
4. sentence🔊 כִּי־כֹ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֲדֹנָ֖י אֵלָ֑י בְּע֤וֹד שָׁנָה֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְכָלָ֖ה כָּל־כְּב֥וֹד קֵדָֽר׃

   ki-KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI e-LAI be-OD sha-NA kish-NEI sa-KHIR ve-kha-LA kal-ke-VOD ke-DAR

   for thus said my Lord to me within or in yet a year as the years of a hired worker and it will be finished or ended all the glory of Kedar

Exegesis

The idiom kishnei sakhir {כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר | kîšněy sǎḵîr} “like the years of a hired worker” uses a construct chain to denote a fixed term, and the verb vekhalah {וְכָלָ֖ה | wəḵālāh} “and it will be finished” agrees with the implied feminine noun kevod {כְּב֥וֹד | kǝḇōwd} “glory.”