אֶת־דָּוִד֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־דָּוִד֙

   et-da-VID

   {direct object marker} David
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֨עַן הַכֹּהֵ֤ן אֶת־דָּוִד֙

   va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID

   and answered the priest {direct object marker} David
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֨עַן הַכֹּהֵ֤ן אֶת־דָּוִד֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר אֵֽין־לֶ֥חֶם חֹ֖ל אֶל־תַּ֣חַת יָדִ֑י

   va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID va-yo-MER EN-LE-khem KHOL el-ta-KHAT ya-DI

   and answered the priest {direct object marker} David and said there is not bread common under my hand
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֨עַן הַכֹּהֵ֤ן אֶת־דָּוִד֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר אֵֽין־לֶ֥חֶם חֹ֖ל אֶל־תַּ֣חַת יָדִ֑י כִּֽי־אִם־לֶ֥חֶם קֹ֖דֶשׁ יֵ֣שׁ אִם־הַנְּעָרִ֣ים אַ֔ךְ מֵאִשָּׁ֖ה׃

   va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID va-yo-MER EN-LE-khem KHOL el-ta-KHAT ya-DI ki-im-LE-khem KO-desh YESH im-ha-ne-a-RIM AKH me-i-SHA

   and answered the priest {direct object marker} David and said there is not bread common under my hand but rather bread holy there is if the young men surely or only from a woman

Exegesis

The noun phrase hakohen {הַכֹּהֵן | hakōhēn} ‘the priest’ is connected by the preposition el {אֶל | ʼel} ‘to’ to the proper noun david {דָּוִד | dāwīd} ‘David’, marking him as the addressee.

Root and etymology

ד־ו־ד🔊 dalet–vav–dalet

“beloved”