כִּ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֤י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֤י יָרַד֙

   KI ya-RAD

   for it has come down or it came down
3. clause🔊 כִּ֤י יָרַד֙ מַרְאֲשׁ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃

   KI ya-RAD mar-a-sho-te-KHEM a-TE-ret tif-ar-te-KHEM

   for it has come down or it came down from your heads or from your headplaces the crown your beauty or your splendor
4. sentence🔊 אֱמֹ֥ר לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְלַגְּבִירָ֖ה הַשְׁפִּ֣ילוּ שֵׁ֑בוּ כִּ֤י יָרַד֙ מַרְאֲשׁ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃

   e-MOR lam-ME-lekh ve-lag-ge-vi-RA hash-pi-LU SHE-vu KI ya-RAD mar-a-sho-te-KHEM a-TE-ret tif-ar-te-KHEM

   say to the king and to the queen mother or the lady make yourselves low or humble yourselves sit for it has come down or it came down from your heads or from your headplaces the crown your beauty or your splendor

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal clause.