נֶאֶסְפוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נֶאֶסְפוּ֙

   ne-es-FU

   were gathered
2. clause🔊 וּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֗וֹן נֶאֶסְפוּ֙ מֵעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   u-ve-NE a-MON ne-es-FU me-a-re-HEM va-ya-VO-u lam-mil-kha-MA

   and the sons of Ammon were gathered from their cities and they came to the battle
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׂכְּר֣וּ לָהֶ֡ם שְׁנַיִם֩ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים אֶ֜לֶף רֶ֗כֶב וְאֶת־מֶ֤לֶךְ מַעֲכָה֙ וְאֶת־עַמּ֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י מֵידְבָ֑א וּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֗וֹן נֶאֶסְפוּ֙ מֵעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   va-yis-ke-RU la-HEM she-NA-yim u-she-lo-SHIM E-lef RE-khev ve-ET-ME-lekh ma-a-KHA ve-ET-a-MO va-ya-VO-u va-ya-kha-NU lif-NE me-dev-BA u-ve-NE a-MON ne-es-FU me-a-re-HEM va-ya-VO-u lam-mil-kha-MA

   and they hired for themselves two and thirty thousand chariots and the king of Maacah and his people and they came and they camped before Medeba and the sons of Ammon were gathered from their cities and they came to the battle

Exegesis

The construct chain uvene ammon {וּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֗וֹן | ū-bənē ʿammôn} foregrounds the Ammonite forces, while the Nifʿal perfect ne-esfu {נֶאֶסְפוּ֙ | nǝʾæs̆pū} ‘were gathered’ indicates passive assembly.