לָ֠הֶם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָ֠הֶם

   la-HEM

   for them
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר לָ֠הֶם

   lis-KOR la-HEM

   to hire for them
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חָ֠נוּן וּבְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן אֶ֣לֶף כִּכַּר־כֶּ֗סֶף לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר לָ֠הֶם מִן־אֲרַ֨ם נַהֲרַ֜יִם וּמִן־אֲרַ֤ם מַעֲכָה֙ וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה רֶ֖כֶב וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃

   va-yish-LAKH kha-NUN u-ve-NE a-MON E-lef ki-KAR-KE-sef lis-KOR la-HEM min-a-RAM na-ha-ra-YIM u-min-a-RAM ma-a-KHA u-mits-to-VA RE-khev u-fa-ra-SHIM

   and he sent Hanun and sons of Ammon a thousand talent of silver to hire for them from Aram Naharaim and from Aram Maacah and from Zobah chariotry or chariots and horsemen
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּרְאוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן כִּ֥י הִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּ עִם־דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חָ֠נוּן וּבְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן אֶ֣לֶף כִּכַּר־כֶּ֗סֶף לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר לָ֠הֶם מִן־אֲרַ֨ם נַהֲרַ֜יִם וּמִן־אֲרַ֤ם מַעֲכָה֙ וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה רֶ֖כֶב וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃

   va-yir-E-u be-NE a-MON KI hit-be-a-SHU im-da-VID va-yish-LAKH kha-NUN u-ve-NE a-MON E-lef ki-KAR-KE-sef lis-KOR la-HEM min-a-RAM na-ha-ra-YIM u-min-a-RAM ma-a-KHA u-mits-to-VA RE-khev u-fa-ra-SHIM

   and they saw sons of Ammon that they had made themselves stink or they had become offensive with David and he sent Hanun and sons of Ammon a thousand talent of silver to hire for them from Aram Naharaim and from Aram Maacah and from Zobah chariotry or chariots and horsemen

Exegesis

The direct object is the infinitive clause elep̄ kikkār kesep̄ {אֶלֶף כִּכַּר־כֶּסֶף | elep̄ kikkār kesep̄} ‘a thousand talents of silver’, modified by the infinitive li-sḵôr {לִשְׂכֹּר | li-sḵôr} ‘to hire’ and the pronominal phrase lām {לָהֶם | lām} ‘for them’.