כִּ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֣י

   KI

   for or if
2. clause🔊 כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ

   KI to-ME-ru mah-NIR-daf-LO

   for or if you {plural} say what we will pursue to him
3. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃

   KI to-ME-ru mah-NIR-daf-LO ve-SHO-resh da-VAR nim-TSA-BI

   for or if you {plural} say what we will pursue to him and root of a matter or word is found in me

Exegesis

The adversative conjunction ki {כִּי | ki | kî} ‘for/because’ frames the objection introduced by tomeru {תֹאמְרוּ | tomeru | tōʾmərû} ‘you will say’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־כ־חyod–kaf–khet

“to decide, reprove”

• 🔊 הוֹכִיחַhokhiachhe reprovedProverbs 9:8
• 🔊 תּוֹכֵחָהtokhechahreproofProverbs 15:31