כִּי֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּי֩

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּי֩ שֶׁ֨בֶר גָּד֜וֹל

   KI SHE-ver ga-DOL

   for a fracture or breaking great
3. clause🔊 כִּי֩ שֶׁ֨בֶר גָּד֜וֹל נִשְׁבְּרָ֗ה בְּתוּלַת֙ בַּת־עַמִּ֔י מַכָּ֖ה נַחְלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

   KI SHE-ver ga-DOL nish-be-RA be-tu-LAT bat-a-MI ma-KA nakh-LA me-OD

   for a fracture or breaking great she is broken or shattered virgin {of} or maiden {of} daughter of my people a blow or wound sick or grievous very
4. sentence🔊 וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה תֵּרַ֨דְנָה עֵינַ֥י דִּמְעָ֛ה לַ֥יְלָה וְיוֹמָ֖ם וְאַל־תִּדְמֶ֑ינָה כִּי֩ שֶׁ֨בֶר גָּד֜וֹל נִשְׁבְּרָ֗ה בְּתוּלַת֙ בַּת־עַמִּ֔י מַכָּ֖ה נַחְלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

   ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE te-RAD-na e-NAI dim-A LAI-la ve-yo-MAM ve-al-tid-me-NA KI SHE-ver ga-DOL nish-be-RA be-tu-LAT bat-a-MI ma-KA nakh-LA me-OD

   and you shall say to them {direct object} the word this let {them} run down my eyes a tear night and by day and let them not be still or cease for a fracture or breaking great she is broken or shattered virgin {of} or maiden {of} daughter of my people a blow or wound sick or grievous very

Exegesis

A causal clause introduced by ki {כִּי | kî} explains that nishberah {נִשְׁבְּרָה | niš-berāh} ‘it is broken’ refers back to the construct chain betulat bat-ammi {בְּתוּלַת בַּת־עַמִּי | bĕ-tû-lat bât-ʿam-mî}, a poetic personification of Jerusalem.