בַּֽחִצִּ֔ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַּֽחִצִּ֔ים

   ba-khi-TSIM

   with the arrows
2. clause🔊 וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹת מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶת חוֹשֵׁ֗ב לִהְי֤וֹת עַל־הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙ וְעַל־הַפִּנּ֔וֹת לִירוֹא֙ בַּֽחִצִּ֔ים וּבָאֲבָנִ֖ים גְּדֹל֑וֹת

   va-ya-AS bi-ru-sha-LA-yim khish-be-NOT ma-kha-SHE-vet kho-SHEV lih-HYOT al-ha-mig-da-LIM ve-al-ha-pin-NOT lih-RO ba-khi-TSIM u-va-a-va-NIM ge-do-LOT

   and he made in Jerusalem devices of design a designer to be on the towers and on the corners to shoot with the arrows and with stones great
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹת מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶת חוֹשֵׁ֗ב לִהְי֤וֹת עַל־הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙ וְעַל־הַפִּנּ֔וֹת לִירוֹא֙ בַּֽחִצִּ֔ים וּבָאֲבָנִ֖ים גְּדֹל֑וֹת וַיֵּצֵ֤א שְׁמוֹ֙ עַד־לְמֵ֣רָח֔‪וֹק כִּֽי־הִפְלִ֥יא לְהֵעָזֵ֖ר עַ֥ד כִּֽי־חָזָֽק׃

   va-ya-AS bi-ru-sha-LA-yim khish-be-NOT ma-kha-SHE-vet kho-SHEV lih-HYOT al-ha-mig-da-LIM ve-al-ha-pin-NOT lih-RO ba-khi-TSIM u-va-a-va-NIM ge-do-LOT va-ye-TSE she-MO ad-le-me-ra-KHOK ki-hif-LI le-he-a-ZER AD ki-kha-ZAK

   and he made in Jerusalem devices of design a designer to be on the towers and on the corners to shoot with the arrows and with stones great and went out his name as far as distant for he did wondrously to be helped until that he was strong

Exegesis

The infinitive purpose clause lihiyot al hamigdalim weal happinot liro bakhitsim uvavanin {לִהְי֤וֹת עַל־הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙ וְעַל־הַפִּנּ֔וֹת לִירוֹא֙ בַּֽחִצִּ֔ים וּבָאֲבָנִ֖ים | lihiyot ‘al ham·mig·da·lîm wə·‘al hap·pin·nôt li·rô’ bak·ḥit·ṣîm ū·ḇā·’ā·ḇānîm} describes strategic placement and use of these devices.