כִּ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֣י

   KI

   but rather
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י אִם־חַי־יְהוָ֗ה

   KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH

   but rather as the LORD lives
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י אִם־חַי־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶעֱלָ֜ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן וּמִכֹּל֙ הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִדִּיחָ֖ם שָׁ֑מָּה

   KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FON u-mi-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-di-KHAM SHA-ma

   but rather as the LORD lives who brought up {direct object} sons of Israel from {the} land of {the} north and from all the lands where he drove them away there
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י אִם־חַי־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶעֱלָ֜ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן וּמִכֹּל֙ הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִדִּיחָ֖ם שָׁ֑מָּה וַהֲשִֽׁבֹתִים֙ עַל־אַדְמָתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבוֹתָֽם׃

   KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FON u-mi-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-di-KHAM SHA-ma va-ha-shi-VO-tim al-a-da-MA-tam a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM

   but rather as the LORD lives who brought up {direct object} sons of Israel from {the} land of {the} north and from all the lands where he drove them away there and I will bring them back to their land which I gave to their fathers

Exegesis

The adversative ki im {כִּי אִם־ | kî ʾim} functions as an oath-introducing particle leading into chai YHWH {חַי יְהוָה | ḥay YHWH} ‘living LORD,’ which asserts divine guarantee.