חַ֖תּוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חַ֖תּוּ

   kha-TU

   were shattered or were dismayed
2. clause🔊 וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ קִצְרֵי־יָ֔ד חַ֖תּוּ וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ

   ve-yo-she-VE-hem kits-re-YAD kha-TU va-ye-VO-shu

   and their inhabitants short of hand or short-handed were shattered or were dismayed and they were put to shame
3. sentence🔊 וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ קִצְרֵי־יָ֔ד חַ֖תּוּ וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ הָי֞וּ עֵ֤שֶׂב שָׂדֶה֙ וִ֣ירַק דֶּ֔שֶׁא חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֔וֹת וּשְׁדֵפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י קָמָֽה׃

   ve-yo-she-VE-hem kits-re-YAD kha-TU va-ye-VO-shu ha-YU E-sev sa-DE vi-RAK DE-she kha-tsir ga-GOT u-she-de-FA lif-NE ka-MA

   and their inhabitants short of hand or short-handed were shattered or were dismayed and they were put to shame they became or they were grass or plant of a field and green growth or and green thing tender grass or fresh grass grass or hay rooftops and scorching or and blight before standing grain or stalk

Exegesis

Two consecutive perfect verbs, khatu {חַתּוּ | ḥat-tû} ‘they were dismayed’ and vayevoshu {וַיֵּבֹשׁוּ | wa-yē-ḇō-šū} ‘and were ashamed’, express emotional collapse.

Root and etymology

ḥ-t-t🔊 ח־ת־תchet tav tav

“to be shattered, struck”

• 🔊 חָתַתḥā-tatterror, panicIsaiah 7:2