לְכֹרְתֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְכֹרְתֵ֣י

   le-khor-TE

   for those who cut
2. clause🔊 וְהִנֵּ֣ה לַחֹטְבִ֣ים לְכֹרְתֵ֣י הָעֵצִ֑ים

   ve-hin-NE la-KHO-te-vim le-khor-TE ha-e-TSIM

   and behold for the woodcutters for those who cut the trees
3. sentence🔊 וְהִנֵּ֣ה לַחֹטְבִ֣ים לְכֹרְתֵ֣י הָעֵצִ֑ים נָתַ֣תִּי חִטִּים֩ מַכּ֨וֹת לַעֲבָדֶ֜יךָ כֹּרִ֣ים עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים כֹּרִ֣ים עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אָ֑לֶף וְיַ֗יִן בַּתִּים֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף וְשֶׁ֖מֶן בַּתִּ֣ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אָֽלֶף׃

   ve-hin-NE la-KHO-te-vim le-khor-TE ha-e-TSIM na-ta-TI khi-TIM ma-KOT la-a-va-DE-kha KO-rim e-se-RIM E-lef u-se-o-RIM KO-rim e-se-RIM A-lef ve-ya-YIN ba-TIM e-se-RIM E-lef ve-SHE-men ba-TIM e-se-RIM A-lef

   and behold for the woodcutters for those who cut the trees I have given wheat beaten or crushed for your servants cors twenty thousand and barley cors twenty thousand and wine baths twenty thousand and oil baths twenty thousand

Exegesis

The double construct la-chotvim le-kortei ha-etzim {לַחֹטְבִים לְכֹרְתֵי הָעֵצִים | la-ḥoṭ-vîm lə-ḥôr-rə-ṯê hā-ʿê-ṣîm} places the recipients (“woodcutters, tree-fellers”) before the verb natati {נָתַתִּי | nā-ṯat-tî}, shifting emphasis to the promise.

Root and etymology

כ־ו־ר🔊 kaf–vav–resh

“dry measure”