חַחִ֜י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חַחִ֜י

   kha-KHI

   my hook
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י

   ve-sam-TI kha-KHI

   and I will put my hook
3. clause🔊 וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אתָ בָּֽהּ׃

   ve-sam-TI kha-KHI be-AP-pe-kha u-mit-GI bis-fa-TE-kha va-ha-shi-VO-ti-kha bad-DE-rekh a-sher-BA-ta BAH

   and I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your lips and I will turn you back on the way which you came in it
4. sentence🔊 יַ֚עַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ אֵלַ֔י וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ עָלָ֣ה בְאָזְנָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אתָ בָּֽהּ׃

   YA-an hit-ra-GEZ-kha E-lai ve-sha-a-NAN-kha a-LA be-oz-NAI ve-sam-TI kha-KHI be-AP-pe-kha u-mit-GI bis-fa-TE-kha va-ha-shi-VO-ti-kha bad-DE-rekh a-sher-BA-ta BAH

   because your raging against me and your complacency has come up into my ears and I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your lips and I will turn you back on the way which you came in it

Exegesis

Vav-consecutive forms veshamti {וְשַׂמְתִּי | vəšamməṯî} and vahashivotikha {וַהֲשִׁבֹתִיךָ | vaihaššîbbōtî-kha} mark the consequential actions, leading to the metaphors of hachi {חַחִי | ḥaḥî} ‘hook’ and mitgi {מִתְגִּי | ûmitgî} ‘bit’ as instruments of subjugation.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־י־הḥ–y–h

“live, be alive”

• 🔊 חַיִּיםḥa-yimlifeGen 2:7