אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י

   et-sa-RE

   the commanders of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙

   et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo

   the commanders of the troops who were to him
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן־הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ עַל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה

   va-yish-MA ben-ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo al-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-YAKH et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA

   and he listened Ben-hadad to the king Asa and he sent the commanders of the troops who were to him against cities of Israel and he struck Ijon and Dan and Abel Beth-maacah
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן־הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ עַל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה וְאֵת֙ כָּל־כִּנְר֔וֹת עַ֖ל כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ נַפְתָּלִֽי׃

   va-yish-MA ben-ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo al-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-YAKH et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-ET kal-kin-ROT AL kal-E-rets naf-ta-LI

   and he listened Ben-hadad to the king Asa and he sent the commanders of the troops who were to him against cities of Israel and he struck Ijon and Dan and Abel Beth-maacah and all Chinneroth with all the land of Naphtali

Exegesis

The next vav-consecutive verb wayyishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlaḥ} ‘and he sent’ takes the direct object et-sarei {אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י | ʾet-śārê} ‘the commanders’ of his troops (hahayalim {הַחֲיָלִים | haḥăyālim} ‘the troops’), specified by the relative clause asher-lo {אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ | ʾăšer-lô} ‘that he had.’