בֶּֽאֱדוֹם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֶּֽאֱדוֹם֙

   be-e-DOm

   in Edom
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם בֶּֽאֱדוֹם֙

   va-ya-SEM be-e-DOm

   and he set or placed in Edom
3. clause🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם בֶּֽאֱדוֹם֙ נְצִיבִ֔ים וַיִּהְי֥וּ כָל־אֱד֖וֹם עֲבָדִ֣ים לְדָוִ֑יד

   va-ya-SEM be-e-DOm ne-tsi-VIM va-yih-YU khol-e-DOm a-va-DIM le-da-VID

   and he set or placed in Edom garrisons or officials and they became all of Edom servants to David or for David
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם בֶּֽאֱדוֹם֙ נְצִיבִ֔ים וַיִּהְי֥וּ כָל־אֱד֖וֹם עֲבָדִ֣ים לְדָוִ֑יד וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע יְהוָה֙ אֶת־דָּוִ֔יד בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלָֽךְ׃

   va-ya-SEM be-e-DOm ne-tsi-VIM va-yih-YU khol-e-DOm a-va-DIM le-da-VID va-yo-SHA ye-ho-VAH et-da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH

   and he set or placed in Edom garrisons or officials and they became all of Edom servants to David or for David and he saved or delivered the LORD David {direct object marker + David} in all or with all which or that he went

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase be’edom {בֶּאֱדוֹם | bəʾĕḏōm} ‘in Edom’ foregrounds the location of the netzivim {נְצִיבִים | neṣivîm} ‘garrisons’ before the subject for territorial emphasis.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 א־ד־םaleph–dalet–mem

“red”

• 🔊 אָדָםʾāḏāmhumanGenesis 2:7