בְּלֶכְתּ֕וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּלֶכְתּ֕וֹ

   be-lekh-TO

   in his going
2. clause🔊 בְּלֶכְתּ֕וֹ לְהַצִּ֥יב יָד֖וֹ בִּֽנְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃

   be-lekh-TO le-ha-TSIV ya-DO bin-HAR-pe-RAT

   in his going to set up or to establish his hand at the river Perath {Euphrates}
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֥ךְ דָּוִ֛יד אֶת־הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־צוֹבָ֖ה חֲמָ֑תָה בְּלֶכְתּ֕וֹ לְהַצִּ֥יב יָד֖וֹ בִּֽנְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃

   va-YAKH da-VID ET-ha-dad-e-ZER ME-lekh-tso-VA kha-ma-TA be-lekh-TO le-ha-TSIV ya-DO bin-HAR-pe-RAT

   and struck or defeated David {direct object marker} Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath or toward Hamath in his going to set up or to establish his hand at the river Perath {Euphrates}

Exegesis

The prepositional infinitive belekhto {בְּלֶכְתּוֹ | bəleḵtô} indicates purpose, complemented by lehatsiv {לְהַצִּיב | lehaṣṣîḇ} yado {יָדוֹ | yādô}, an idiom for asserting authority.