עַל־מֵֽת׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַל־מֵֽת׃

   al-MET

   over a dead person
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵ֠לֶיהָ הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־נָ֞א וְלִבְשִׁי־נָ֣א בִגְדֵי־אֵ֗בֶל וְאַל־תָּס֙וּכִי֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְהָיִ֕ית כְּאִשָּׁ֗ה זֶ֚ה יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת עַל־מֵֽת׃

   va-yo-MER E-le-ha hit-a-VE-li-NA ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel ve-al-ta-SU-khi SHE-men ve-ha-YIT ke-ish-SHA ZE ya-MIM rab-BIM mit-a-BE-let al-MET

   and he said to her please mourn and please put on garments of mourning and do not anoint yourself oil and be like a woman this days many mourning over a dead person
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יוֹאָב֙ תְּק֔וֹעָה וַיִּקַּ֥ח מִשָּׁ֖ם אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲכָמָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵ֠לֶיהָ הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־נָ֞א וְלִבְשִׁי־נָ֣א בִגְדֵי־אֵ֗בֶל וְאַל־תָּס֙וּכִי֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְהָיִ֕ית כְּאִשָּׁ֗ה זֶ֚ה יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת עַל־מֵֽת׃

   va-yish-LAKH yo-AV te-ko-A va-yik-KAKH mish-SHAM ish-SHA kha-kha-MA va-yo-MER E-le-ha hit-a-VE-li-NA ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel ve-al-ta-SU-khi SHE-men ve-ha-YIT ke-ish-SHA ZE ya-MIM rab-BIM mit-a-BE-let al-MET

   and he sent Joab to Tekoa and he took from there a woman wise and he said to her please mourn and please put on garments of mourning and do not anoint yourself oil and be like a woman this days many mourning over a dead person

Exegesis

The simile ke’ishah zeh yamim rabbim mit’abbelet al-met {כְּאִשָּׁה זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים מִתְאַבֵּלֶת עַל־מֵת | kə-ʼiššāh zeh yāmîm rabbîm mitʼabbēleṯ ʿal-mēt} ‘like a woman who has mourned many days for the dead’ employs a participle to convey ongoing state and set her role.