כִּֽי־אָסֹ֤ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־אָסֹ֤ר

   KI-a-SOR

   but binding
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־אָסֹ֤ר נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙

   KI-a-SOR ne-e-SAR-kha

   but binding we will surely bind you
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹ֚א כִּֽי־אָסֹ֤ר נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙ וּנְתַנּ֣וּךָ בְיָדָ֔ם וְהָמֵ֖ת לֹ֣א נְמִיתֶ֑ךָ

   va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR LO KI-a-SOR ne-e-SAR-kha u-ne-ta-NU-kha ve-ya-DAM ve-ha-MET LO ne-mi-TE-kha

   and they said to him saying no but binding we will surely bind you and we will give you into their hand and to put to death not we will put you to death
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹ֚א כִּֽי־אָסֹ֤ר נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙ וּנְתַנּ֣וּךָ בְיָדָ֔ם וְהָמֵ֖ת לֹ֣א נְמִיתֶ֑ךָ וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ בִּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ עֲבֹתִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ מִן־הַסָּֽלַע׃

   va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR LO KI-a-SOR ne-e-SAR-kha u-ne-ta-NU-kha ve-ya-DAM ve-ha-MET LO ne-mi-TE-kha va-ya-as-RU-hu bish-na-YIM a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ya-a-LU-hu min-ha-SA-la

   and they said to him saying no but binding we will surely bind you and we will give you into their hand and to put to death not we will put you to death and they bound him with two ropes new and they brought him up from the rock

Exegesis

The paired infinitive absolute ki-asor {כִּי־אָסֹר | kî-ʾāsôr} ‘binding’ and vehamet {וְהָמֵת | wə-hāmēt} ‘dying’ frame the negation lo nemitecha {לֹא נְמִיתֶךָ | lōʾ nəmîṯėḵā} ‘we will not kill you’ with emphatic force.

Root and etymology

ʾ-s-r🔊 aleph–samekh–resh

“bind”

• 🔊 אָסַרʾāsarboundPsalm 149:7