אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד

   et-da-VID

   David
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד

   le-ha-MIT et-da-VID

   to put to death David
3. clause🔊 וְלָ֤מָּה תֶֽחֱטָא֙ בְּדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י לְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד חִנָּֽם׃

   ve-la-MA te-khe-TA be-DAM na-KI le-ha-MIT et-da-VID khi-NAM

   and why will you sin with blood innocent to put to death David without cause
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּשֶׂם֩ אֶת־נַפְשׁ֨וֹ בְכַפּ֜וֹ וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוָ֜ה תְּשׁוּעָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתָ וַתִּשְׂמָ֑ח וְלָ֤מָּה תֶֽחֱטָא֙ בְּדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י לְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד חִנָּֽם׃

   va-ya-SEM et-naf-SHO ve-kha-PO va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ya-AS ye-ho-VAH te-shu-A ge-do-LA le-khol-yis-ra-EL ra-I-ta va-tis-MAKH ve-la-MA te-khe-TA be-DAM na-KI le-ha-MIT et-da-VID khi-NAM

   and he put in his palm and he struck the Philistine and he made or did the LORD salvation great for all Israel you saw and you rejoiced and why will you sin with blood innocent to put to death David without cause

Exegesis

The direct-object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} clearly introduces the object hap̄êlišṯî {הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי | hap̄êlišṯî} ‘the Philistine’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ד־ו־דdalet–vav–dalet

“beloved”