מִפִּ֑יו

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִפִּ֑יו

   mi-PIV

   from his mouth
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהִצַּ֣לְתִּי מִפִּ֑יו

   ve-hits-TAL-ti mi-PIV

   and I delivered from his mouth
3. clause🔊 וְיָצָ֧אתִי אַחֲרָ֛יו וְהִכִּתִ֖יו וְהִצַּ֣לְתִּי מִפִּ֑יו

   ve-ya-TSA-ti a-kha-RAV ve-hik-KI-tiV ve-hits-TAL-ti mi-PIV

   and I went out after him and I struck him and I delivered from his mouth
4. sentence🔊 וְיָצָ֧אתִי אַחֲרָ֛יו וְהִכִּתִ֖יו וְהִצַּ֣לְתִּי מִפִּ֑יו וַיָּ֣קָם עָלַ֔י וְהֶחֱזַ֙קְתִּי֙ בִּזְקָנ֔וֹ וְהִכִּתִ֖יו וַהֲמִיתִּֽיו׃

   ve-ya-TSA-ti a-kha-RAV ve-hik-KI-tiV ve-hits-TAL-ti mi-PIV va-ya-KAM A-lai ve-he-khe-ZAK-ti biz-ka-NO ve-hik-KI-tiV va-ha-mi-TIV

   and I went out after him and I struck him and I delivered from his mouth and he rose up against me and I seized by his beard and I struck him and I killed him

Exegesis

The coordinated hifil perfects vehikkitiv {וְהִכִּתִ֖יו | wə-ḥik-kî-tîw} ‘and I struck him’ and vehitsalti {וְהִצַּ֣לְתִּי | wə-ḥiṣ-ṣal-tî} ‘and I rescued’, the latter marked for source by mipiv {מִפִּיו | mi-ppi-w}, intensify the narrative.