יוֹסִ֑ף

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יוֹסִ֑ף

   yo-SIF

   may he add
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף

   ve-KHO yo-SIF

   and thus may he add
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף

   va-YO-mer sha-UL ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF

   and he said Saul thus may he do God and thus may he add
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמ֖וּת יוֹנָתָֽן׃

   va-YO-mer sha-UL ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF ki-MOT ta-MUT yo-na-TAN

   and he said Saul thus may he do God and thus may he add for dying or surely die you shall die Jonathan

Exegesis

The parallel structure koh ya‘ăśeh ʾĕlōhîm wə-kôh yôsîp̄ {כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף | kôh ya‘ăśeh ʾĕlōhîm wə-kôh yôsîp̄} uses repeated koh {כֹּה | kôh} ‘thus’ to frame two divine invocations.