כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י

   ki-a-kha-RE

   for after
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙

   ki-a-kha-RE ma-khe-she-vo-TEI-nu

   for after our plans
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ נֵלֵ֔ךְ וְאִ֛ישׁ שְׁרִר֥וּת לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֖ע נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

   ki-a-kha-RE ma-khe-she-vo-TEI-nu ne-LEKH ve-ISH she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA na-a-SE

   for after our plans we will go and a man or each one stubbornness of his heart, the evil we will do
4. sentence🔊 וְאָמְר֖וּ נוֹאָ֑שׁ כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ נֵלֵ֔ךְ וְאִ֛ישׁ שְׁרִר֥וּת לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֖ע נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

   ve-o-me-RU no-ASH ki-a-kha-RE ma-khe-she-vo-TEI-nu ne-LEKH ve-ISH she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA na-a-SE

   and they will say it is hopeless for after our plans we will go and a man or each one stubbornness of his heart, the evil we will do

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal clause, while acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾaḥărê} forms the prepositional phrase acharei machshevoteinu {אַחֲרֵי מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵינוּ | ʾaḥărê maḥšəḇôtênû} ‘after our plans,’ signaling volitional commitment.