אֶת־מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם

   et-mad-ve-HEM

   {direct object marker} their garments
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת אֶת־מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם

   va-yikh-ROT et-mad-ve-HEM

   and he cut off {direct object marker} their garments
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח חָנ֜וּן אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י דָוִיד֙ וַֽיְגַלְּחֵ֔ם וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת אֶת־מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם בַּחֵ֖צִי עַד־הַמִּפְשָׂעָ֑ה

   va-yik-KAKH kha-NUN et-a-ve-DE da-VID va-ye-gal-le-KHEM va-yikh-ROT et-mad-ve-HEM ba-khe-TSI ad-ha-mif-sa-A

   and he took Hanun {direct object marker} servants of David and he shaved them and he cut off {direct object marker} their garments at the half or in the middle up to the buttocks or the hips
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח חָנ֜וּן אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י דָוִיד֙ וַֽיְגַלְּחֵ֔ם וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת אֶת־מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם בַּחֵ֖צִי עַד־הַמִּפְשָׂעָ֑ה וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃

   va-yik-KAKH kha-NUN et-a-ve-DE da-VID va-ye-gal-le-KHEM va-yikh-ROT et-mad-ve-HEM ba-khe-TSI ad-ha-mif-sa-A va-ye-shal-le-KHEM

   and he took Hanun {direct object marker} servants of David and he shaved them and he cut off {direct object marker} their garments at the half or in the middle up to the buttocks or the hips and he sent them away

Exegesis

The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces both ʿavdê dāwîḏ {עַבְדֵי דָוִיד | ʿavdê dāwîḏ} ‘servants of David’ and maḏwêhēm {מַדְוֵיהֶם | maḏwêhēm} ‘their garments’, marking the shift from persons to their clothing.