לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ

   lish-lo-AKH

   to send forth
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ אֶת־יָדָ֔ם

   lish-lo-AKH et-ya-DAM

   to send forth their hand
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־אָב֞וּ עַבְדֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ אֶת־יָדָ֔ם לִפְגֹ֖עַ בְּכֹהֲנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

   ve-lo-A-VU av-DEI ha-ME-lekh lish-lo-AKH et-ya-DAM lif-GO-a be-kho-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH

   and they were not willing servants of the king to send forth their hand to strike against priests of the LORD
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ לָרָצִים֩ הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים עָלָ֜יו סֹ֥בּוּ וְהָמִ֣יתוּ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה כִּ֤י גַם־יָדָם֙ עִם־דָּוִ֔ד וְכִ֤י יָֽדְעוּ֙ כִּֽי־בֹרֵ֣חַ ה֔וּא וְלֹ֥א גָל֖וּ אֶת־אזנו אָזְנִ֑י וְלֹֽא־אָב֞וּ עַבְדֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ אֶת־יָדָ֔ם לִפְגֹ֖עַ בְּכֹהֲנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

   va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-ra-TSIM ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV SO-bu ve-ha-MI-tu ko-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH KI gam-ya-DAM im-da-VID ve-KI ya-de-U ki-bo-RE-akh HU ve-LO ga-LU et-oz-NO oz-NI ve-lo-A-VU av-DEI ha-ME-lekh lish-lo-AKH et-ya-DAM lif-GO-a be-kho-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH

   and he said the king to the runners or guards the ones standing over him or beside him turn {around} and put to death priests of the LORD for also their hand is with David and that they knew that {he was} fleeing he and not they revealed the ear of him my ear and they were not willing servants of the king to send forth their hand to strike against priests of the LORD

Exegesis

Finally, the infinitive chain lišlōaḥ ʾet-yādām lipgōaʿ bə-kōhănê Yəhōwāh {לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ אֶת־יָדָ֔ם לִפְגֹ֖עַ בְּכֹהֲנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה | lišlōaḥ ʾet-yādām lipgōaʿ bə-kōhănê Yəhōwāh} ‘to send forth their hand to strike against the priests of the LORD’ frames the intended violence. The sequence of vav-consecutives and vav-negations structures the shift from command to explanation to refusal, heightening the narrative tension.