כִּ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֤י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֤י אַרְנוֹן֙

   KI ar-NON

   for the Arnon
3. clause🔊 כִּ֤י אַרְנוֹן֙ גְּב֣וּל מוֹאָ֔ב בֵּ֥ין מוֹאָ֖ב וּבֵ֥ין הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃

   KI ar-NON gvuL mo-AV BEIN mo-AV u-BEIN ha-e-mo-RI

   for the Arnon is the border of Moab between Moab and between the Amorite
4. sentence🔊 מִשָּׁם֮ נָסָעוּ֒ וַֽיַּחֲנ֗וּ מֵעֵ֤בֶר אַרְנוֹן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר הַיֹּצֵ֖א מִגְּב֣וּל הָֽאֱמֹרִ֑י כִּ֤י אַרְנוֹן֙ גְּב֣וּל מוֹאָ֔ב בֵּ֥ין מוֹאָ֖ב וּבֵ֥ין הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃

   mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU me-E-ver ar-NON a-SHER ba-mid-BAR ha-yo-TSE mig-VUL ha-e-mo-RI KI ar-NON gvuL mo-AV BEIN mo-AV u-BEIN ha-e-mo-RI

   from there they set out and they camped from across the Arnon which in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorite for the Arnon is the border of Moab between Moab and between the Amorite

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces a causal clause, identifying the Arnon as gevul {גְּב֣וּל | ḡeḇul} ‘border’, and the phrase bein Moab ubein haemori {בֵּ֥ן מוֹאָ֖ב וּבֵ֥ן הָאֱמֹרִֽי | bêyn mō’āḇ û-bêyn hā-ʾe-mōrî} ‘between Moab and the Amorite’ delineates the territorial demarcation.