בַּעֲלוֹתָ֖ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַּעֲלוֹתָ֖ם

   ba-a-lo-TAM

   when they went up
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֣וּל אֶֽל־הַקֵּינִ֡י לְכוּ֩ סֻּ֨רוּ רְד֜וּ מִתּ֣וֹךְ עֲמָלֵקִ֗י פֶּן־אֹֽסִפְךָ֙ עִמּ֔וֹ וְאַתָּ֞ה עָשִׂ֤יתָה חֶ֙סֶד֙ עִם־כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּעֲלוֹתָ֖ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם

   va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-KEI-ni le-KHU su-RU re-DU mi-TOKH a-ma-le-KI pen-oh-SIF-kha i-MO ve-a-TA a-SI-ta KHE-sed im-kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ba-a-lo-TAM mi-mits-RA-yim

   Saul said to the Kenite go turn aside, depart go down from the midst of Amalekite lest I sweep you away with him and you showed kindness, loyal love with all the sons of Israel when they went up from Egypt
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֣וּל אֶֽל־הַקֵּינִ֡י לְכוּ֩ סֻּ֨רוּ רְד֜וּ מִתּ֣וֹךְ עֲמָלֵקִ֗י פֶּן־אֹֽסִפְךָ֙ עִמּ֔וֹ וְאַתָּ֞ה עָשִׂ֤יתָה חֶ֙סֶד֙ עִם־כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּעֲלוֹתָ֖ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַיָּ֥סַר קֵינִ֖י מִתּ֥וֹךְ עֲמָלֵֽק׃

   va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-KEI-ni le-KHU su-RU re-DU mi-TOKH a-ma-le-KI pen-oh-SIF-kha i-MO ve-a-TA a-SI-ta KHE-sed im-kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ba-a-lo-TAM mi-mits-RA-yim va-ya-SAR kei-NI mi-TOKH a-ma-LEK

   Saul said to the Kenite go turn aside, depart go down from the midst of Amalekite lest I sweep you away with him and you showed kindness, loyal love with all the sons of Israel when they went up from Egypt the Kenite turned aside, departed from the midst of Amalek

Exegesis

The noun ḥe·sed {חֶסֶד | ḥe·sed} ‘steadfast love’ connotes covenant loyalty, temporally defined by baʿālôtām {בַּעֲלוֹתָם | baʿālôtām} ‘when they went up’ from mim·miṣrāyim {מִמִּצְרָיִם | mim·miṣrāyim}, anchoring the kindness in the Exodus narrative.