אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖י

   et-I-shi-kher-MI

   the man of my devoted-thing or my ban
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖י

   shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI

   you sent away or let go the man of my devoted-thing or my ban
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה יַ֛עַן שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖י מִיָּ֑ד

   va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD

   and he said to him thus said LORD because you sent away or let go the man of my devoted-thing or my ban from {the} hand
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה יַ֛עַן שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖י מִיָּ֑ד וְהָיְתָ֤ה נַפְשְׁךָ֙ תַּ֣חַת נַפְשׁ֔וֹ וְעַמְּךָ֖ תַּ֥חַת עַמּֽוֹ׃

   va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD ve-ha-ye-TA NA-fe-she-kha TA-khat naf-SHO ve-am-ME-kha TA-khat a-MO

   and he said to him thus said LORD because you sent away or let go the man of my devoted-thing or my ban from {the} hand and it will be your life instead of or under his life and your people instead of or under his people

Exegesis

The conjunction yaan {יַעַן | ya-ʿan} ‘because’ introduces the cause clause headed by the Piel perfect shilakhta {שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ | šil-lak-tā} ‘you released’, with the direct object et-ish-khermi {אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖י | ʾet-ʼîš-ḥer-mî} ‘the man devoted to destruction’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־י־שaleph–yod–shin

“man, person”

• 🔊 אִשָּׁהʾīš-šāhwoman, wifeGenesis 2:23