כִּ֛י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּ֛י

   KI

   for
2. clause🔊 וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־יִנָּבֵ֣א אִישׁ֮ עוֹד֒ וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵ֠לָיו אָבִ֨יו וְאִמּ֤וֹ יֹֽלְדָיו֙ לֹ֣א תִֽחְיֶ֔ה כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה

   ve-ha-YA ki-yin-na-VE ISH OD ve-am-RU E-lav a-VIV ve-i-MO yol-DA-v LO tikh-YE KI SHE-ker dib-BAR-ta be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH

   and it will be that he will prophesy a man again or still then they will say to him his father and his mother the ones bearing him not you shall live for a lie you spoke in the name of the LORD
3. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־יִנָּבֵ֣א אִישׁ֮ עוֹד֒ וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵ֠לָיו אָבִ֨יו וְאִמּ֤וֹ יֹֽלְדָיו֙ לֹ֣א תִֽחְיֶ֔ה כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וּדְקָרֻ֜הוּ אָבִ֧יהוּ וְאִמּ֛וֹ יֹלְדָ֖יו בְּהִנָּבְאֽוֹ׃

   ve-ha-YA ki-yin-na-VE ISH OD ve-am-RU E-lav a-VIV ve-i-MO yol-DA-v LO tikh-YE KI SHE-ker dib-BAR-ta be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH u-de-ka-RU-hu a-vi-HU ve-i-MO yol-DA-v be-hin-na-VO

   and it will be that he will prophesy a man again or still then they will say to him his father and his mother the ones bearing him not you shall live for a lie you spoke in the name of the LORD and they will pierce him his father and his mother the ones bearing him when he prophesies

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces a temporal/conditional clause culminating in the Niphal imperfect yinnabe {יִנָּבֵא | yin-nā-bēʾ} ‘he prophesies’, where od {עוֹד | ʿôḏ} ‘again’ indicates repetition.

The main clause lōʾ tiḥyeh {לֹא תִּחְיֶה | lōʾ tiḥ-yeh} ‘you shall not live’ delivers the verdict, followed by the causal ki še-qer dibbārtā {כִּי שֶׁקֶר דִּבַּרְתָּ | kî še-qer dĭb-băr-tā} ‘for you have spoken falsehood’, with sheqer {שֶׁקֶר | še-qer} bearing the semantic weight of deception.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 נ־כ־הnun–kaph–he

“be struck”

• 🔊 הִכָּהhiqqāhhe struckGenesis 8:21