אֱדֹ֛ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֱדֹ֛ם

   e-DOM

   Edom
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עִם־בֵּ֨ית עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם

   im-BET o-VED e-DOM

   with the house of Obed Edom
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ אֲר֨וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים עִם־בֵּ֨ית עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם בְּבֵית֖וֹ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֑ים

   va-YE-shev a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM im-BET o-VED e-DOM be-VE-to she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM

   and he stayed or remained ark of God with the house of Obed Edom in his house three months
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ אֲר֨וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים עִם־בֵּ֨ית עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם בְּבֵית֖וֹ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֑ים וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית עֹבֵֽד־אֱדֹ֖ם וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ׃

   va-YE-shev a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM im-BET o-VED e-DOM be-VE-to she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM va-ye-va-REKH ye-ho-VAH et-BET o-VED-e-DOM ve-et-KOL-a-SHER-lo

   and he stayed or remained ark of God with the house of Obed Edom in his house three months and he blessed the LORD {direct object marker} the house of Obed-edom and {direct object marker} all that was to him or belonged to him

Exegesis

The prepositional complex im-bêyt ʿōvēḏ-ʾĕḏōm bəbêytô {עִם־בֵּ֨ית עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם בְּבֵית֖וֹ | ʿim-bêyt ʿōvēḏ-ʾĕḏōm bəbêytô} ‘with the household of Obed-Edom in his house’ sets the location, while the temporal expression šəlōšāh ḥōḏāšîm {שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֑ים | šəlōšāh ḥōḏāšîm} ‘three months’ specifies duration.