אֶֽת־לַהֲקַ֤ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶֽת־לַהֲקַ֤ת

   et-la-ha-KAT

   {direct object marker} the company of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶֽת־לַהֲקַ֤ת הַנְּבִיאִים֙

   et-la-ha-KAT han-ne-vi-IM

   {direct object marker} the company of the prophets
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח שָׁא֣וּל מַלְאָכִים֮ לָקַ֣חַת אֶת־דָּוִד֒ וַיַּ֗רְא אֶֽת־לַהֲקַ֤ת הַנְּבִיאִים֙ נִבְּאִ֔ים וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל עֹמֵ֥ד נִצָּ֖ב עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

   va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-a-KHIM la-ka-KHAT et-da-VID va-yar-E et-la-ha-KAT han-ne-vi-IM nib-be-IM u-she-mu-EL o-MED nits-TSAV a-le-HEM

   and he sent Saul messengers to take {direct object marker} David and he saw {direct object marker} the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing stationed or standing over them
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח שָׁא֣וּל מַלְאָכִים֮ לָקַ֣חַת אֶת־דָּוִד֒ וַיַּ֗רְא אֶֽת־לַהֲקַ֤ת הַנְּבִיאִים֙ נִבְּאִ֔ים וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל עֹמֵ֥ד נִצָּ֖ב עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַתְּהִ֞י עַֽל־מַלְאֲכֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ גַּם־הֵֽמָּה׃

   va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-a-KHIM la-ka-KHAT et-da-VID va-yar-E et-la-ha-KAT han-ne-vi-IM nib-be-IM u-she-mu-EL o-MED nits-TSAV a-le-HEM vat-te-HI al-mal-a-KHE sha-UL RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-yit-na-be-U gam-HE-ma

   and he sent Saul messengers to take {direct object marker} David and he saw {direct object marker} the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing stationed or standing over them and it was upon the messengers of Saul spirit of God and they prophesied also they

Exegesis

The nominal expression laḥaqqat hanneviʾim {לַהֲקַת הַנְּבִיאִים | la·ḥa·qāt han·ne·ḇî·ʾîm} ‘band of prophets’ juxtaposes the participle nibbəʾîm {נִבְּאִים | nib·bə·ʾîm} ‘prophesying’ within the noun phrase.