אֲחִי֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲחִי֙

   a-KHI

   brother of
2. clause🔊 וַיַּ֞ךְ אֶלְחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־יעור יָעִ֗יר אֶת־לַחְמִי֙ אֲחִי֙ גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃

   va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM

   and he struck Elhanan son of Jeor Jair {direct object marker}-Lahmi brother of Goliath the Gittite and shaft or wood his spear like a beam weavers
3. sentence🔊 וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּ֞ךְ אֶלְחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־יעור יָעִ֗יר אֶת־לַחְמִי֙ אֲחִי֙ גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃

   vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA et-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM

   and it was again or still war {direct object marker}-Philistines and he struck Elhanan son of Jeor Jair {direct object marker}-Lahmi brother of Goliath the Gittite and shaft or wood his spear like a beam weavers

Exegesis

The construct chain ben-yaor yair {בֶּן־יעור יָעִ֗יר | ben-yaʾ-ôr yā-ʿîr} ‘son of Jaor Yair’ ties Elhanan to his lineage, and the genitive achi {אֲחִי | ă-ḥî} ‘brother of’ binds Lahmi to Goliath.