אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙

   ET-ha-TSON

   {direct object} the flock
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙

   va-yit-TOSH ET-ha-TSON

   and he left {direct object} the flock
3. clause🔊 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙ עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר וַיִּשָּׂ֣א וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִשָׁ֑י

   va-yash-KEM da-VID ba-BO-ker va-yit-TOSH ET-ha-TSON al-sho-MER va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu yi-SHAI

   and he rose early David in the morning and he left {direct object} the flock with a keeper or guard and he carried or took up and he went as, just as, or according as he commanded him Jesse
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙ עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר וַיִּשָּׂ֣א וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִשָׁ֑י וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמַּעְגָּ֔לָה וְהַחַ֗יִל הַיֹּצֵא֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה וְהֵרֵ֖עוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   va-yash-KEM da-VID ba-BO-ker va-yit-TOSH ET-ha-TSON al-sho-MER va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu yi-SHAI va-ya-VO ha-ma-e-ga-LA ve-ha-KHA-yil ha-yo-TSE el-ha-ma-a-ra-KHA ve-he-RE-u ba-mil-kha-MA

   and he rose early David in the morning and he left {direct object} the flock with a keeper or guard and he carried or took up and he went as, just as, or according as he commanded him Jesse and he came the encampment or the camp-circle and the force or the army the one going out to the battle line or array and they shouted in the battle or in the war

Exegesis

The construct et-hatzon {אֶת־הַצֹּאן | ʾet-ha-ṣōʾān} marks the direct object “the flock,” and the prepositional phrase al-shomer {עַל־שֹׁמֵר | ʿal-šō-mêr} indicates delegated care.

Root and etymology

צ־א־ן🔊 tsade–aleph–nun

“flock”

• 🔊 הִצֹּאןḥits-ō-ʾānoutlying sheepGen 30:40