אֲמָתֽוֹ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲמָתֽוֹ׃

   a-ma-TO

   his female servant
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר אֲמָתֽוֹ׃

   et-de-VAR a-ma-TO

   the word of his female servant
3. clause🔊 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֣א אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אוּלַ֛י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר אֲמָתֽוֹ׃

   va-TO-mer shif-kha-TE-kha a-da-be-RA-na el-ha-ME-lekh u-LAI ya-a-SE ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR a-ma-TO

   and she said your female servant let me speak, please to the king perhaps he will do the king the word of his female servant
4. sentence🔊 וְ֠עַתָּה אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜אתִי לְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲדֹנִי֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֥י יֵֽרְאֻ֖נִי הָעָ֑ם וַתֹּ֤אמֶר שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֣א אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אוּלַ֛י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר אֲמָתֽוֹ׃

   ve-a-TA a-sher-ba-TI le-da-BER el-ha-ME-lekh a-do-NI et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE KI ye-re-U-ni ha-AM va-TO-mer shif-kha-TE-kha a-da-be-RA-na el-ha-ME-lekh u-LAI ya-a-SE ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR a-ma-TO

   and now that I have come to speak to the king my lord the word this for they have frightened me the people and she said your female servant let me speak, please to the king perhaps he will do the king the word of his female servant

Exegesis

The particle ulai {אוּלַי | û-lay} ‘perhaps’ introduces the apodosis with qal imperfect ya’aseh {יַעֲשֶׂה | ya-‘a-śêh} ‘he will do’, followed by et-devar {אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר | ʾet-de-vār} ‘the matter’ and possessive amato {אֲמָתֽוֹ | ʾă-mā-ṯō} ‘his maidservant’, completing the petition formula typical of Hebrew royal appeals.