מִכָּל־בָּחוּר֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִכָּל־בָּחוּר֙

   mi-kol-ba-KHUR

   from all choice young men
2. clause🔊 וַיִּבְחַ֗ר מִכָּל־בָּחוּר֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ לִקְרַ֥את אֲרָֽם׃

   va-yiv-KHAR mi-kol-ba-KHUR be-yis-ra-EL va-ya-e-ROKH lik-RA-t a-RAM

   and he chose from all choice young men in Israel and he arranged to meet or toward Aram
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֣רְא יוֹאָ֗ב כִּֽי־הָיְתָ֧ה פְנֵי־הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו פָּנִ֣ים וְאָח֑וֹר וַיִּבְחַ֗ר מִכָּל־בָּחוּר֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ לִקְרַ֥את אֲרָֽם׃

   va-YAR-e yo-AV ki-ha-ye-TA fe-NE-ha-mil-kha-MA e-LAV pa-NIM ve-a-KHOR va-yiv-KHAR mi-kol-ba-KHUR be-yis-ra-EL va-ya-e-ROKH lik-RA-t a-RAM

   and he saw Joab that she had become or that it had become the face of the battle toward him or against him front and back or and rear and he chose from all choice young men in Israel and he arranged to meet or toward Aram

Exegesis

He then selects mikkol-bachur {מִכָּל־בָּחוּר | mi·kōl-bā·ḥūr} ‘from all chosen men’ in Israel, highlighting elite selection, before arranging troops in liq·rāṯ Aram {לִקְרַ֥את אֲרָֽם | liq·rā·ṯ ʼă·rām} ‘to meet Aram’. The Hebrew structure’s dual-front emphasis and vav-consecutive verbs convey urgency and tactical progression, which the English reconstructions preserve.

Root and etymology

bet–chet–resh🔊 ב־ח־רbet–chet–resh

“to choose, select”

• 🔊 בָּחַרbä·ḥarhe choseDeuteronomy 7:6