אוֹיְבֶ֣ךָ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אוֹיְבֶ֣ךָ

   o-ye-VE-kha

   of your enemy
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְחֶ֣רֶב אוֹיְבֶ֣ךָ לְמַשֶּׂגֶת֒

   ve-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-kha le-mas-se-GET

   and a sword of your enemy for overtaking
3. clause🔊 אִם־שָׁל֨וֹשׁ שָׁנִ֜ים רָעָ֗ב וְאִם־שְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה חֳדָשִׁ֜ים נִסְפֶּ֥ה מִפְּנֵי־צָרֶיךָ֮ וְחֶ֣רֶב אוֹיְבֶ֣ךָ לְמַשֶּׂגֶת֒ וְאִם־שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָ֠מִים חֶ֣רֶב יְהוָ֤ה וְדֶ֙בֶר֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה מַשְׁחִ֖ית בְּכָל־גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

   im-sha-LOSH sha-NIM ra-AV ve-im-she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM nis-pe mip-pe-NE-tsa-re-KHA ve-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-kha le-mas-se-GET ve-im-she-LO-shet ya-MIM KHE-rev ye-ho-VAH ve-DE-ver ba-A-rets u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH mash-KHIT be-khol-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL

   if three years famine and if three months being swept away from before your adversaries and a sword of your enemy for overtaking and if three of days a sword of the LORD and pestilence in the land and an angel of the LORD destroying in all the territory of Israel
4. sentence🔊 אִם־שָׁל֨וֹשׁ שָׁנִ֜ים רָעָ֗ב וְאִם־שְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה חֳדָשִׁ֜ים נִסְפֶּ֥ה מִפְּנֵי־צָרֶיךָ֮ וְחֶ֣רֶב אוֹיְבֶ֣ךָ לְמַשֶּׂגֶת֒ וְאִם־שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָ֠מִים חֶ֣רֶב יְהוָ֤ה וְדֶ֙בֶר֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה מַשְׁחִ֖ית בְּכָל־גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְעַתָּ֣ה רְאֵ֔ה מָֽה־אָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־שֹׁלְחִ֖י דָּבָֽר׃

   im-sha-LOSH sha-NIM ra-AV ve-im-she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM nis-pe mip-pe-NE-tsa-re-KHA ve-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-kha le-mas-se-GET ve-im-she-LO-shet ya-MIM KHE-rev ye-ho-VAH ve-DE-ver ba-A-rets u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH mash-KHIT be-khol-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL ve-a-TA re-E MA-o-SHIV et-sho-le-KHI da-VAR

   if three years famine and if three months being swept away from before your adversaries and a sword of your enemy for overtaking and if three of days a sword of the LORD and pestilence in the land and an angel of the LORD destroying in all the territory of Israel and now see what I shall return to the one sending me a word or matter

Exegesis

Construct-state expressions (e.g., ṣārēḵā {צָרֶיךָ | ṣārēḵā}, ḥereḇ ʾōyvēḵā {חֶרֶב אוֹיְבֶךָ | ḥereḇ ʾōyvēḵā}) indicate possession. The Niphal participle nispēh conveys passive destruction, while the Hiphil participle mašḥīṯ marks active devastation. The imperative rəʾēh (‘see’) invites decision, and the Hiphil imperfect mā-ʾašîḇ underscores the speaker’s forthcoming reply.