אֶת־דְּמ֧וּת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־דְּמ֧וּת

   et-de-MUT

2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־דְּמ֧וּת הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ

   et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh

   the altar
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז אֶל־אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֶת־דְּמ֧וּת הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ וְאֶת־תַּבְנִית֖וֹ לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃

   va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ el-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh ve-et-tab-ni-TO le-khol-ma-a-SE-u

   and he sent the king Ahaz to Uriah the priest the altar and its form or pattern according to all its workmanship or doing
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָחָ֡ז לִ֠קְרַאת תִּגְלַ֨ת פִּלְאֶ֤סֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וַיַּ֥רְא אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂק וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז אֶל־אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֶת־דְּמ֧וּת הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ וְאֶת־תַּבְנִית֖וֹ לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃

   va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ lik-re-AT tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR du-ME-sek va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-da-MA-sek va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ el-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh ve-et-tab-ni-TO le-khol-ma-a-SE-u

   and he went the king Ahaz to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria Damascus and he saw which in Damascus and he sent the king Ahaz to Uriah the priest the altar and its form or pattern according to all its workmanship or doing

Exegesis

The sending clause is shaped as a two-object construction, with 'et-demut {אֶת־דְּמ֧וּת | ʾet-dəmût} ‘likeness’ followed by ve'et-tavnito {וְאֶת־תַּבְנִית֖וֹ | wəʾet-tavnîṯô} ‘and its pattern,’ showing that Ahaz transmits both a representation and a specification.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 דמהDalet-Mem-Heh

“to be like”