דַמָּ֑שֶׂק

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דַמָּ֑שֶׂק

   dam-MA-sek

   of Damascus
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִדְבַּ֣רָה דַמָּ֑שֶׂק

   mid-ba-RA dam-MA-sek

   toward the wilderness of Damascus
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו לֵ֛ךְ שׁ֥וּב לְדַרְכְּךָ֖ מִדְבַּ֣רָה דַמָּ֑שֶׂק

   va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAV LEKH SHUV le-dar-KHA mid-ba-RA dam-MA-sek

   and he said the LORD to him go return to your way toward the wilderness of Damascus
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו לֵ֛ךְ שׁ֥וּב לְדַרְכְּךָ֖ מִדְבַּ֣רָה דַמָּ֑שֶׂק וּבָ֗אתָ וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֧ אֶת־חֲזָאֵ֛ל לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־אֲרָֽם׃

   va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAV LEKH SHUV le-dar-KHA mid-ba-RA dam-MA-sek u-va-TA u-ma-SHAKH-ta et-kha-za-EL le-ME-lekh al-a-RAM

   and he said the LORD to him go return to your way toward the wilderness of Damascus and you shall come and you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram

Exegesis

The construct chain ledarkkha midbarah {לְדַרְכְּךָ מִדְבָּרָה | lə-ḏar-kə-ḵā mid-bā-rā} indicates directional movement ‘by Your way wilderness’, completed by the proper noun dammaseq {דַמָּשֶׂק | dam-mā-seq} ‘Damascus’.