וְאֵ֖ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאֵ֖ת

   ve-ET

   and
2. clause🔊 וְכָֽל־הַזָּהָ֣ב וְהַכֶּ֡סֶף וְאֵ֣ת כָּל־הַ֠כֵּלִים הַנִּמְצְאִ֨ים בְּבֵית־הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים עִם־עֹבֵ֣ד אֱד֗וֹם וְאֶת־אֹצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י הַתַּֽעֲרֻב֑וֹת

   ve-KHOL-ha-za-HAV ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ET KAL-ha-ke-LIM ha-nim-tse-IM be-VET-ha-e-lo-HIM im-o-VED e-DOM ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh ve-ET be-NE ha-ta-a-ru-VOT

   and all the gold and the silver and all the vessels or utensils that were being found in the house of God with Obed Edom and the treasuries of the house the king and sons of the pledges or hostages
3. sentence🔊 וְכָֽל־הַזָּהָ֣ב וְהַכֶּ֡סֶף וְאֵ֣ת כָּל־הַ֠כֵּלִים הַנִּמְצְאִ֨ים בְּבֵית־הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים עִם־עֹבֵ֣ד אֱד֗וֹם וְאֶת־אֹצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י הַתַּֽעֲרֻב֑וֹת וַיָּ֖שָׁב שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

   ve-KHOL-ha-za-HAV ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ET KAL-ha-ke-LIM ha-nim-tse-IM be-VET-ha-e-lo-HIM im-o-VED e-DOM ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh ve-ET be-NE ha-ta-a-ru-VOT va-ya-SHAV sho-me-RON

   and all the gold and the silver and all the vessels or utensils that were being found in the house of God with Obed Edom and the treasuries of the house the king and sons of the pledges or hostages and he returned Samaria

Exegesis

The verse is structured as a heavy front-loaded object list introduced by ve-khol-hazahav {וְכָֽל־הַזָּהָ֣ב | wə-ḵōl-ha-zāhāv} ‘and all the gold,’ continuing with coordinated nouns and repeated wə-ʾeṯ {וְאֵת | wə-ʾeṯ} ‘and (direct object marker),’ which keeps the plunder items in rhythmic succession. The verbal idea “took/carried off” is implicit from the preceding narrative context, while this verse supplies the full inventory and then the closing movement.