מִדֵּ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִדֵּ֣י

   mi-DE

   as often as
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְהִ֣י מִדֵּ֣י צֵאתָ֗ם

   va-ye-HI mi-DE tse-TA-tam

   and it was as often as their going out
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י מִדֵּ֣י צֵאתָ֗ם שָׂכַ֤ל דָּוִד֙ מִכֹּל֙ עַבְדֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל וַיִּיקַ֥ר שְׁמ֖וֹ מְאֹֽד׃

   va-ye-HI mi-DE tse-TA-tam sa-KHAL da-VID mi-KOL a-ve-DE sha-UL va-yi-KAR she-MO me-OD

   and it was as often as their going out had success or acted wisely David more than all servants of Saul and was precious or honored his name very
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּצְא֖וּ שָׂרֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיְהִ֣י מִדֵּ֣י צֵאתָ֗ם שָׂכַ֤ל דָּוִד֙ מִכֹּל֙ עַבְדֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל וַיִּיקַ֥ר שְׁמ֖וֹ מְאֹֽד׃

   va-ye-tsu sa-RE pe-lish-TIM va-ye-HI mi-DE tse-TA-tam sa-KHAL da-VID mi-KOL a-ve-DE sha-UL va-yi-KAR she-MO me-OD

   and they went out commanders of Philistines and it was as often as their going out had success or acted wisely David more than all servants of Saul and was precious or honored his name very

Exegesis

The subject appears as the construct noun phrase sārê pelîštîm {שָׂרֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | sārê pelîštîm} 'commanders of the Philistines.' A temporal clause introduced by the preposition midê {מִדֵּ֣י | midê} plus the infinitive construct yṣə'tām {צֵאתָ֗ם | yṣə'tām} 'their going out' conveys repeated military expeditions.

Root and etymology

m-d-d🔊 מ־ד־דmem–dalet–dalet

“garment, gear”

• 🔊 מַדmadvestureExodus 28:4