וְחִפְּשׂוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְחִפְּשׂוּ֙

   ve-khip-pe-SU

   and they will search
2. clause🔊 כִּ֣י אִם־כָּעֵ֣ת מָחָ֗ר אֶשְׁלַ֤ח אֶת־עֲבָדַי֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְחִפְּשׂוּ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣יתְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת בָּתֵּ֣י עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ

   KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha

   for surely about this time tomorrow I will send {the} my servants to you and they will search {the} your house and houses of your servants
3. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י אִם־כָּעֵ֣ת מָחָ֗ר אֶשְׁלַ֤ח אֶת־עֲבָדַי֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְחִפְּשׂוּ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣יתְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת בָּתֵּ֣י עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ וְהָיָה֙ כָּל־מַחְמַ֣ד עֵינֶ֔יךָ יָשִׂ֥ימוּ בְיָדָ֖ם וְלָקָֽחוּ׃

   KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha ve-ha-YA kol-makh-MAD e-NE-kha ya-SI-mu be-ya-DAM ve-la-KHU

   for surely about this time tomorrow I will send {the} my servants to you and they will search {the} your house and houses of your servants and it will be all {the} desire of your eyes they will put in their hand and they will take

Exegesis

The Piel perfect with vav-consecutive wə-ḥippešû {וְחִפְּשׂוּ | wə-ḥippešû} ‘and they will search’ underscores a thorough inquiry into the possessive constructs bêṯeḵā {בֵּיתְךָ | bêṯeḵā} “your house” and bāṯê ’ăḇādeykā {בָּתֵּי עֲבָדֶיךָ | bāṯê ’ăḇādeykā} “the houses of your servants.”