מִפְּנֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִפְּנֵ֣י

   mip-ne

   from before or because of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִפְּנֵ֣י גֵוָ֑ה

   mip-ne GE-va

   from before or because of pride or arrogance
3. clause🔊 וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תִשְׁמָע֔וּהָ בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים תִּבְכֶּֽה־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִפְּנֵ֣י גֵוָ֑ה

   ve-IM LO tish-me-A-u-ha be-mis-ta-RIM tiv-ke-NAF-shi mip-ne GE-va

   and if not you will hear it or listen to it in secret places my soul will weep from before or because of pride or arrogance
4. sentence🔊 וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תִשְׁמָע֔וּהָ בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים תִּבְכֶּֽה־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִפְּנֵ֣י גֵוָ֑ה וְדָמֹ֨עַ תִּדְמַ֜ע וְתֵרַ֤ד עֵינִי֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה עֵ֥דֶר יְהוָֽה׃

   ve-IM LO tish-me-A-u-ha be-mis-ta-RIM tiv-ke-NAF-shi mip-ne GE-va ve-da-MO-a tid-MA ve-TE-rad e-NI dim-A KI nish-BA E-der Ye-ho-VAH

   and if not you will hear it or listen to it in secret places my soul will weep from before or because of pride or arrogance and with weeping it will weep and it will go down my eye a tear because has been taken captive flock LORD

Exegesis

The compound tivkeh-nafšî {תִבְכֶּה-נַפְשִׁי | tiv-keh-nap̄-shî} ‘my soul shall weep’ conveys inner grief, amplified by the causal mipnê gēwāh {מִפְּנֵי גֵוָה | mip-nê gē-wāh} ‘because of pride.’