אָנֹכִ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָנֹכִ֖י

   a-no-KHI

   I
2. clause🔊 כִּ֗י בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ וּבָרָעָ֣ב וּבַדֶּ֔בֶר אָנֹכִ֖י מְכַלֶּ֥ה אוֹתָֽם׃

   KI ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DE-ver a-no-KHI me-kha-LE o-TAM

   for by the sword and by famine and by the pestilence I am consuming them
3. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י יָצֻ֗מוּ אֵינֶ֤נִּי שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ אֶל־רִנָּתָ֔ם וְכִ֧י יַעֲל֛וּ עֹלָ֥ה וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֵינֶ֣נִּי רֹצָ֑ם כִּ֗י בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ וּבָרָעָ֣ב וּבַדֶּ֔בֶר אָנֹכִ֖י מְכַלֶּ֥ה אוֹתָֽם׃

   KI ya-TSU-mu e-NE-ni sho-ME-a el-ri-na-TAM ve-KI ya-a-LU o-LA u-min-KHA e-NE-ni ro-TSAM KI ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DE-ver a-no-KHI me-kha-LE o-TAM

   for they fast I am not hearing to their cry and for they offer up burnt offering and grain offering I am not accepting them for by the sword and by famine and by the pestilence I am consuming them

Exegesis

The independent pronoun ʾānōḵî {אָנֹכִי | ʾānōḵî} intensifies divine agency, and the Piel participle məḵallêh {מְכַלֶּה | məḵallêh} ‘consuming’ denotes decisive destruction. English rendering preserves the Hebrew clause order, uses finite verbs for participles, and maintains the conditional and adversative relationships through conjunctions and semicolons.