כִּי֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּי֩

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יִצְלַ֜ח

   KI LO yits-LAKH

   for not shall succeed
3. clause🔊 כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יִצְלַ֜ח מִזַּרְע֗וֹ אִ֚ישׁ יֹשֵׁב֙ עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א דָוִ֔ד וּמֹשֵׁ֥ל ע֖וֹד בִּיהוּדָֽה׃

   KI LO yits-LAKH mi-zar-O ISH yo-SHEV al-khi-SE da-VID u-mo-SHEL OD bi-ye-hu-DA

   for not shall succeed from his offspring a man sitting on {the} throne David and ruling again or still in Judah
4. sentence🔊 כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה כִּתְב֞וּ אֶת־הָאִ֤ישׁ הַזֶּה֙ עֲרִירִ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר לֹא־יִצְלַ֣ח בְּיָמָ֑יו כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יִצְלַ֜ח מִזַּרְע֗וֹ אִ֚ישׁ יֹשֵׁב֙ עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א דָוִ֔ד וּמֹשֵׁ֥ל ע֖וֹד בִּיהוּדָֽה׃

   KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH khit-VEV et-ha-ISH ha-ZE a-ri-RI GE-ver lo-yits-LAKH be-ya-MAV KI LO yits-LAKH mi-zar-O ISH yo-SHEV al-khi-SE da-VID u-mo-SHEL OD bi-ye-hu-DA

   thus said LORD write {direct object marker} the man this childless a man not shall succeed in his days for not shall succeed from his offspring a man sitting on {the} throne David and ruling again or still in Judah

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the reason clause lo-yitslach mi-zarʿo ish yoshev al-kisse David u-moshel od bi-Yehudah {לֹא יִצְלַח מִזַּרְע֗וֹ אִישׁ יֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא דָוִד וּמֹשֵׁל עוֹד בִּיהוּדָה | lō-yiṣ-laḥ mi-zarʿo ʾîš yō-šêḇ ʿal-kis-sê dā-ḇîḏ û-mō-šēl ʿôḏ bi-yə-hū-ḏā(h)} ‘none from his seed will sit on David’s throne or rule anymore in Judah’.