וְנִחֵ֔שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְנִחֵ֔שׁ

   ve-ni-KHESH

   and he practiced divination by omens
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְעוֹנֵ֣ן וְנִחֵ֔שׁ

   ve-o-NEN ve-ni-KHESH

   and he practiced soothsaying and he practiced divination by omens
3. clause🔊 וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר אֶת־בְּנוֹ֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְעוֹנֵ֣ן וְנִחֵ֔שׁ וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים

   ve-he-e-VIR et-be-NO ba-ESH ve-o-NEN ve-ni-KHESH ve-a-SA OV ve-yid-e-O-nim

   and he made pass through {direct object} his son in the fire and he practiced soothsaying and he practiced divination by omens and he did or made a medium-spirit and spiritists
4. sentence🔊 וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר אֶת־בְּנוֹ֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְעוֹנֵ֣ן וְנִחֵ֔שׁ וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים הִרְבָּ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לְהַכְעִֽיס׃

   ve-he-e-VIR et-be-NO ba-ESH ve-o-NEN ve-ni-KHESH ve-a-SA OV ve-yid-e-O-nim hir-BA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-ha-ke-IS

   and he made pass through {direct object} his son in the fire and he practiced soothsaying and he practiced divination by omens and he did or made a medium-spirit and spiritists he increased greatly to do the evil in the eyes of the LORD to provoke to anger

Exegesis

A vav-consecutive chain links the Piel participle ve’ōnen {וְעוֹנֵ֣ן | wə-ʿō-nēn} ‘he practiced soothsaying’ and the Piel perfect veniḥēš {וְנִחֵ֔שׁ | wə-ni-ḥēš} ‘he practiced divination’, followed by the Qal perfect ve’āśāh {וְעָ֥שָׂה | wə-‘ā-śāh} ‘he did’, introducing ōw {א֖וֹב | ōw} ‘medium’ and wəyid’ōnîm {וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים | wə-yiḏ-‘ō-nîm} ‘spiritists’.