חִנָּֽם׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חִנָּֽם׃

   khi-NAM

   for nothing, free of charge
2. clause🔊 כִּ֠י לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֤א אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וְהַעֲל֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ה חִנָּֽם׃

   KI lo-e-SA a-sher-le-KHA la-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-a-LOT o-LA khi-NAM

   for I will not take up or carry which is yours to the LORD and to offer up a burnt offering for nothing, free of charge
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִיד֙ לְאָרְנָ֔ן לֹ֕א כִּֽי־קָנֹ֥ה אֶקְנֶ֖ה בְּכֶ֣סֶף מָלֵ֑א כִּ֠י לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֤א אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וְהַעֲל֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ה חִנָּֽם׃

   va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh da-VID le-OR-nan LO ki-ka-NO e-ke-NE be-KHE-sef ma-LE KI lo-e-SA a-sher-le-KHA la-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-a-LOT o-LA khi-NAM

   and said the king David to Ornan no but buying I will buy I will buy with silver full for I will not take up or carry which is yours to the LORD and to offer up a burnt offering for nothing, free of charge

Exegesis

The infinitive hiphil wə-hăʿălōṯ ʿôlāh ḥinnām {וְהַעֲל֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ה חִנָּֽם | wə-hă-ʿă-lōṯ ʿôlāh ḥinnām} expresses purpose ‘to offer up a burnt offering for nothing.’ In English, the vav sequence and infinitive constructs are rendered as finite verbs with coordinating conjunctions to maintain clarity and emphasis.

Root and etymology

ḥ-n-n🔊 ח־נ־נ

“gratis, for nothing”

• 🔊 חֵןchenfavor, graceGenesis 6:8