כִּ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֥י

   KI

   for
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֥י בִ֝צְדָקָ֗ה

   KI vits-da-KA

   for by righteousness
3. clause🔊 כִּ֥י בִ֝צְדָקָ֗ה יִכּ֥וֹן כִּסֵּֽא׃

   KI vits-da-KA yi-KON ki-SE

   for by righteousness is established throne
4. sentence🔊 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת מְ֭לָכִים עֲשׂ֣וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע כִּ֥י בִ֝צְדָקָ֗ה יִכּ֥וֹן כִּסֵּֽא׃

   to-a-VAT me-la-KHIM a-SOT RE-sha KI vits-da-KA yi-KON ki-SE

   abomination of kings to do wickedness for by righteousness is established throne

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal rationale.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ע־ר־ךʿayin–resh–khet

“to arrange, set in order”

• 🔊 מַעֲרָכָהma·ʿa·rā·ḥāorder, array1 Samuel 17:8