אֶת־מִיכָ֖יְהוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־מִיכָ֖יְהוּ

   et-mi-kha-YE-hu

   {direct object marker} Micaiah
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־מִיכָ֖יְהוּ

   va-YAKH et-mi-kha-YE-hu

   and struck {direct object marker} Micaiah
3. clause🔊 וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶֽן־כְּנַעֲנָ֔ה וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־מִיכָ֖יְהוּ עַל־הַלֶּ֑חִי

   va-yig-GASH tsid-ki-YA-hu ben-ke-na-a-NA va-YAKH et-mi-kha-YE-hu al-hal-LE-khi

   and he came near Zedekiah son of Chenaanah and struck {direct object marker} Micaiah on the cheek
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶֽן־כְּנַעֲנָ֔ה וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־מִיכָ֖יְהוּ עַל־הַלֶּ֑חִי וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֵ֣י זֶ֤ה הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ עָבַ֧ר רֽוּחַ־יְהוָ֛ה מֵאִתִּ֖י לְדַבֵּ֥ר אֹתָֽךְ׃

   va-yig-GASH tsid-ki-YA-hu ben-ke-na-a-NA va-YAKH et-mi-kha-YE-hu al-hal-LE-khi va-yo-MER EI ZE ha-DE-rekh a-VAR RU-akh-ye-ho-VAH me-it-TI le-dab-BER o-TAKH

   and he came near Zedekiah son of Chenaanah and struck {direct object marker} Micaiah on the cheek and said where is this the way passed Spirit of the LORD from with me to speak you {feminine singular}

Exegesis

The verb vayyakh {וַיַּ֥ךְ | wayyyaḵ} ‘and he struck’ with the particle ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces Mīḵāyāhu {מִיכָיְהוּ | Mīḵāyāhu} as the direct object, and the prepositional phrase ʿal-halleḥî {עַל־הַלֶּ֑חִי | ʿal-halleḥî} ‘on the cheek’ specifies the blow’s location.