כִּ֠י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֠י

   KI

   that
2. clause🔊 וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּל֮ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣שׁ בַּבָּתִּ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֵפ֣וֹד וּתְרָפִ֔ים וּפֶ֖סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה

   va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA

   and they answered five of the men the ones going to spy out {direct object} the land Laish and they said to their brothers have you known that there is in the houses these an ephod and household gods and a carved image and a metal image
3. sentence🔊 וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּל֮ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣שׁ בַּבָּתִּ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֵפ֣וֹד וּתְרָפִ֔ים וּפֶ֖סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה וְעַתָּ֖ה דְּע֥וּ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃

   va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA de-U ma-ta-a-SU

   and they answered five of the men the ones going to spy out {direct object} the land Laish and they said to their brothers have you known that there is in the houses these an ephod and household gods and a carved image and a metal image and now know what you will do

Exegesis

The participial clause hā-hōl-ḵîm {הַהֹלְכִים֮ | hā-hōl-ḵîm} “who were going” qualifies khă-mē-šet hā-ʾă-nā-šîm {חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים | khă-mē-šet hā-ʾă-nā-šîm}, expressing purpose lĕ-rag-gēl {לְרַגֵּל֮ | lĕ-rag-gēl} “to spy out” the land of Laish.

Root and etymology

y-k-r🔊 י-כ-רyod–kaf–resh

“recognize”

• 🔊 מַכִּירmakiracquaintanceGenesis 42:7