כִּ֧י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֧י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֧י רְֽחוֹקָה־הִ֣יא מִצִּיד֗וֹן

   KI re-kho-KA-HI mi-tsi-DON

   for far it was from Sidon
3. clause🔊 וְאֵ֨ין מַצִ֜יל כִּ֧י רְֽחוֹקָה־הִ֣יא מִצִּיד֗וֹן וְדָבָ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙ עִם־אָדָ֔ם וְהִ֕יא בָּעֵ֖מֶק אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבֵית־רְח֑וֹב

   ve-EN ma-TSIL KI re-kho-KA-HI mi-tsi-DON ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-A-dam ve-HI ba-E-meq a-SHER le-VET-re-KHOV

   and there was no one delivering for far it was from Sidon and a matter there was not to them with a human and it in the valley which to Beth-rehob
4. sentence🔊 וְאֵ֨ין מַצִ֜יל כִּ֧י רְֽחוֹקָה־הִ֣יא מִצִּיד֗וֹן וְדָבָ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙ עִם־אָדָ֔ם וְהִ֕יא בָּעֵ֖מֶק אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבֵית־רְח֑וֹב וַיִּבְנ֥וּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ בָֽהּ׃

   ve-EN ma-TSIL KI re-kho-KA-HI mi-tsi-DON ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-A-dam ve-HI ba-E-meq a-SHER le-VET-re-KHOV va-yiv-NU et-ha-IR va-yesh-VU VA

   and there was no one delivering for far it was from Sidon and a matter there was not to them with a human and it in the valley which to Beth-rehob and they built the city and they dwelt in it

Exegesis

The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ links this plight to the city’s isolation expressed in rehoqah-hi {רְֽחוֹקָה־הִ֣יא | rə-ḥō-qāh-hî} ‘it was distant’ from Sidon.

Root and etymology

y-k-r🔊 י-כ-רyod–kaf–resh

“recognize”

• 🔊 מַכִּירmakiracquaintanceGenesis 42:7