א֚וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 א֚וֹ

   O

   or
2. clause🔊 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יהָ כִּֽי־אֲ֠דַבֵּר אֶל־נָב֨וֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֜י וָאֹ֣מַר ל֗וֹ תְּנָה־לִּ֤י אֶֽת־כַּרְמְךָ֙ בְּכֶ֔סֶף א֚וֹ אִם־חָפֵ֣ץ אַתָּ֔ה אֶתְּנָה־לְךָ֥ כֶ֖רֶם תַּחְתָּ֑יו

   va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV

   and he spoke to her that I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and I said to him give to me {direct object} your vineyard for money or if he desires you I will give to you a vineyard in place of it
3. sentence🔊 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יהָ כִּֽי־אֲ֠דַבֵּר אֶל־נָב֨וֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֜י וָאֹ֣מַר ל֗וֹ תְּנָה־לִּ֤י אֶֽת־כַּרְמְךָ֙ בְּכֶ֔סֶף א֚וֹ אִם־חָפֵ֣ץ אַתָּ֔ה אֶתְּנָה־לְךָ֥ כֶ֖רֶם תַּחְתָּ֑יו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן לְךָ֖ אֶת־כַּרְמִֽי׃

   va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV va-yo-MER lo-et-TEN le-KHA et-kar-MI

   and he spoke to her that I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and I said to him give to me {direct object} your vineyard for money or if he desires you I will give to you a vineyard in place of it and he said not will I give to you {direct object} my vineyard

Exegesis

The negotiation is structured by the imperative tenah-li {תְּנָה־לִּי | tə-nāh-lî} ‘give to me’ and the contrasting imperfect ettena-lekha {אֶתְּנָה־לְךָ | ʾet-ten-nā lə-kā} ‘I will give to you’, coordinated by o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’ and conditioned by im-chafets-ata {אִם־חָפֵץ אַתָּה | ʾim-ḥāpeṣ ʾattâ} ‘if you desire’.