אֱסֹ֥ף

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֱסֹ֥ף

   e-SOF

   gather up or withdraw
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֱסֹ֥ף יָדֶֽךָ׃

   e-SOF ya-DE-kha

   gather up or withdraw your hand
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֧אמֶר שָׁא֛וּל אֶל־הַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֱסֹ֥ף יָדֶֽךָ׃

   va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-ko-HEN e-SOF ya-DE-kha

   and said Saul to the priest gather up or withdraw your hand
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֗י עַ֣ד דִּבֶּ֤ר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהֶהָמ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ הָל֖וֹךְ וָרָ֑ב וַיֹּ֧אמֶר שָׁא֛וּל אֶל־הַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֱסֹ֥ף יָדֶֽךָ׃

   va-ye-HI AD di-BER sha-UL el-ha-ko-HEN ve-he-ha-MON a-SHER be-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH va-RAV va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-ko-HEN e-SOF ya-DE-kha

   and it happened while or until spoke Saul to the priest and the tumult which in the camp of the Philistines and went going on and becoming great or increasing and said Saul to the priest gather up or withdraw your hand

Exegesis

Saul’s command esof yadekha {אֱסֹף יָדֶךָ | ’ĕṣōp yā́ḏĕḵā} employs a Qal imperative plus second person suffix for the direct injunction to withdraw the priest’s hand. The translation renders this as a literal command, preserving the ritual context of the hand gesture.