עָרֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָרֵ֣י

   a-RE

   cities of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עָרֵ֣י בְנֵי־עַמּ֑וֹן

   a-RE ve-NE-a-MON

   cities of sons of Ammon
3. clause🔊 וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֨שַׂר בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י הַבַּרְזֶל֙ וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת וְכֵן֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָוִ֔יד לְכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֣י בְנֵי־עַמּ֑וֹן

   ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba ho-TSI va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA u-va-kha-ri-TSE ha-bar-ZEL u-vam-me-ge-ROT ve-KHEN ya-a-SE da-VID le-KHOL a-RE ve-NE-a-MON

   and the who were in it he brought out and he set with the saw and with the cuts of the iron and with saws and thus he would do David to all cities of sons of Ammon
4. sentence🔊 וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֨שַׂר בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י הַבַּרְזֶל֙ וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת וְכֵן֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָוִ֔יד לְכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֣י בְנֵי־עַמּ֑וֹן וַיָּ֧שָׁב דָּוִ֛יד וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba ho-TSI va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA u-va-kha-ri-TSE ha-bar-ZEL u-vam-me-ge-ROT ve-KHEN ya-a-SE da-VID le-KHOL a-RE ve-NE-a-MON va-ya-SHAV da-VID ve-KHOL-ha-AM ye-ru-sha-LA-im

   and the who were in it he brought out and he set with the saw and with the cuts of the iron and with saws and thus he would do David to all cities of sons of Ammon and he returned David and all the people to Jerusalem

Exegesis

The adverbial connector vechen ya’aseh {וְכֵן יַעֲשֶׂה | wə-kên ya‘ăśeh} extends the action to the Ammonite towns (arei Bnei Ammon {עָרֵי בְּנֵי־עַמּוֹן | ’ārê bᵊnê ’ammôn}).