אֹתֽוֹ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֹתֽוֹ׃

   o-TO

   him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עֹזֵ֥ר אֹתֽוֹ׃

   o-ZER o-TO

   helping him
3. clause🔊 וּבֶן־הֲדַד֩ שֹׁתֶ֨ה שִׁכּ֜וֹר בַּסֻּכּ֗וֹת ה֧וּא וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים שְׁלֹשִֽׁים־וּשְׁנַ֥יִם מֶ֖לֶךְ עֹזֵ֥ר אֹתֽוֹ׃

   u-ven-ha-DAD sho-TE shi-KOR ba-su-KOT HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM she-lo-SHIM-u-she-NA-YIM ME-lekh o-ZER o-TO

   and Ben-hadad was drinking drunk in the booths he and the kings thirty and two king of helping him
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּצְא֖וּ בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם וּבֶן־הֲדַד֩ שֹׁתֶ֨ה שִׁכּ֜וֹר בַּסֻּכּ֗וֹת ה֧וּא וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים שְׁלֹשִֽׁים־וּשְׁנַ֥יִם מֶ֖לֶךְ עֹזֵ֥ר אֹתֽוֹ׃

   va-ye-tsE-U ba-tso-ha-ra-YIM u-ven-ha-DAD sho-TE shi-KOR ba-su-KOT HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM she-lo-SHIM-u-she-NA-YIM ME-lekh o-ZER o-TO

   and they went out at noon and Ben-hadad was drinking drunk in the booths he and the kings thirty and two king of helping him

Exegesis

The coordination vehammeleḵim {וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים | wə·ham·mā·lă·ḵîm} ‘and the kings’ merges with the compound numeral sheloshim-ushnayim {שְׁלֹשִֽׁים־וּשְׁנַ֥יִם | šelō·šīm u·šnayim} ‘thirty-two’, concluding with melekh ’ō·zēr ô·ṯô {מֶ֖לֶךְ עֹזֵ֥ר אֹתֽוֹ | mê·leḵ ’ō·zēr ô·ṯô} ‘kings helping him’, which together depict the allied force. The English translation employs explicit coordination and participial clauses to mirror Hebrew verb chains and maintain the simultaneity of action and state.