אֵ֥ין

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵ֥ין

   EN

   there was not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֵ֥ין בְּיַד־דָּוִֽד׃

   EN be-yad-da-VID

   there was not in the hand of David
3. clause🔊 וְחֶ֖רֶב אֵ֥ין בְּיַד־דָּוִֽד׃

   ve-KHE-rev EN be-yad-da-VID

   and a sword there was not in the hand of David
4. sentence🔊 וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק דָּוִ֤ד מִן־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ בַּקֶּ֣לַע וּבָאֶ֔בֶן וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ וְחֶ֖רֶב אֵ֥ין בְּיַד־דָּוִֽד׃

   va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI ba-KE-la u-va-E-ven va-YAKH et-ha-pe-li-SHTI va-ye-mi-TE-hu ve-KHE-rev EN be-yad-da-VID

   and prevailed David from the Philistine with the sling and with a stone and struck the Philistine and killed him and a sword there was not in the hand of David

Exegesis

The nominal clause vecherev ’ēn beyad-dāwîd {וְחֶ֖רֶב אֵ֥ין בְּיַד־דָּוִֽד | və-ḥe-reḇ ’ēn bə-yaḏ-dā-wîd} ‘and a sword was not in the hand of David’ underscores the absence of conventional arms and highlights the theological theme of empowerment beyond human weaponry.