חֲמָ֑ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֲמָ֑ת

   kha-MAT

   Hamath
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְעַד־לְב֣וֹא חֲמָ֑ת

   ve-ad-le-VO kha-MAT

   and as far as to the entrance of Hamath
3. clause🔊 וַיַּקְהֵ֤ל דָּוִיד֙ אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִן־שִׁיח֥וֹר מִצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־לְב֣וֹא חֲמָ֑ת

   va-yak-HEL da-VID et-KOL-yis-ra-EL min-shi-KHOR mits-ra-YIM ve-ad-le-VO kha-MAT

   and he assembled David {direct object marker} all Israel from Shihor Egypt and as far as to the entrance of Hamath
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּקְהֵ֤ל דָּוִיד֙ אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִן־שִׁיח֥וֹר מִצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־לְב֣וֹא חֲמָ֑ת לְהָבִיא֙ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים מִקִּרְיַ֖ת יְעָרִֽים׃

   va-yak-HEL da-VID et-KOL-yis-ra-EL min-shi-KHOR mits-ra-YIM ve-ad-le-VO kha-MAT le-ha-VI et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM mik-kir-YAT ye-a-RIM

   and he assembled David {direct object marker} all Israel from Shihor Egypt and as far as to the entrance of Hamath to bring {direct object marker} ark of God from Kiriath Jearim

Exegesis

A geographic range is specified by the prepositional phrases min shihor {מִן־שִׁיח֥וֹר | min šîḥôr} and we’ad ləvo hamath {וְעַד־לְב֣וֹא חֲמָ֑ת | wəʿad ləḇōʼ ḥammāṯ}, setting Israel’s boundary from Egypt to Hamath.