לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה

   lo-ha-YA

   there was not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה

   KI lo-ha-YA

   for there was not
3. clause🔊 כִּ֥י לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה דֶּֽשֶׁא׃

   KI lo-ha-YA DE-she

   for there was not grass
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֤י גַם־אַיֶּ֙לֶת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה יָלְדָ֖ה וְעָז֑וֹב כִּ֥י לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה דֶּֽשֶׁא׃

   KI gam-A-ye-let ba-sa-DE yal-de-DA ve-a-ZOV KI lo-ha-YA DE-she

   for even a doe in the field has given birth and abandons for there was not grass

Exegesis

The second ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the result clause, where lo-hayah {לֹא־הָיָה | lō-hāyāh} ‘there was not’ predicates the absence of deshe {דֶּשֶׁא | dešeʾ} ‘grass,’ explaining the cause of abandonment.