כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ

   ki-kha-RU

   for they dug
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ שיחה שׁוּחָה֙

   ki-kha-RU si-KHA shu-KHA

   for they dug a pit a pit
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ שיחה שׁוּחָה֙ לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי וּפַחִ֖ים טָמְנ֥וּ לְרַגְלָֽי׃

   ki-kha-RU si-KHA shu-KHA le-lakh-de-NI u-fa-KHIM tam-NU le-rag-LAI

   for they dug a pit a pit to capture me and traps they hid for my feet
4. sentence🔊 תִּשָּׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־תָבִ֧יא עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם גְּד֖וּד פִּתְאֹ֑ם כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ שיחה שׁוּחָה֙ לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי וּפַחִ֖ים טָמְנ֥וּ לְרַגְלָֽי׃

   tish-sha-MA ze-a-KA mib-ba-te-HEM ki-ta-VI a-le-HEM ge-DUD pit-e-OM ki-kha-RU si-KHA shu-KHA le-lakh-de-NI u-fa-KHIM tam-NU le-rag-LAI

   may it be heard a cry from their houses for you bring upon them a raiding band suddenly for they dug a pit a pit to capture me and traps they hid for my feet

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּֽי | kî} introduces causal clauses: first linking the plea to the Hifil imperfect tavi {תָבִ֧יא | tā-ḇîʾ} ‘you bring’, then to the perfect verbs karu {כָּר֤וּ | kā-rû} and tamnu {טָמְנ֥וּ | ṭām-nû}, which describe the enemy’s preparations.