הָיְתָ֜ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הָיְתָ֜ה

   ha-ye-TA

   there was or she was
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהִנֵּ֨ה הָיְתָ֜ה

   ve-hin-NE ha-ye-TA

   and behold there was or she was
3. clause🔊 וְהִנֵּ֨ה הָיְתָ֜ה חֶ֤רֶב אִישׁ֙ בְּרֵעֵ֔הוּ מְהוּמָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

   ve-hin-NE ha-ye-TA KHE-rev ISH be-re-E-hu me-hu-MA ge-do-LA me-OD

   and behold there was or she was sword a man against his fellow confusion or panic great very
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּזָּעֵ֣ק שָׁא֗וּל וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ עַד־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה הָיְתָ֜ה חֶ֤רֶב אִישׁ֙ בְּרֵעֵ֔הוּ מְהוּמָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

   va-yiz-ZA-ek sha-UL ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-VO-u ad-ha-mil-kha-MA ve-hin-NE ha-ye-TA KHE-rev ISH be-re-E-hu me-hu-MA ge-do-LA me-OD

   and he cried out Saul and all the people who or which with him and they came up to the battle and behold there was or she was sword a man against his fellow confusion or panic great very

Exegesis

Vehinnēh {וְהִנֵּה | ve-hin-neh} introduces the dramatic scene, followed by hayetah {הָיְתָה | ha-ye-tah}, a qal perfect serving as a nominal copula for the clause cherev ish bere’ehu {חֶרֶב אִישׁ בְּרֵעֵהוּ | ḥe-reb ’ish be-re-ʼe-hu} ‘a sword of a man with his friend’.