וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙

   u-le-shif-kha-TE-kha

   and to your female servant
2. clause🔊 וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל בֵּֽינֵיהֶ֑ם

   u-le-shif-kha-TE-kha she-NE va-NIM va-yin-NA-tsu she-NE-hem ba-sa-DE ve-EN ma-TSIL be-ne-HEM

   and to your female servant two of sons and they fought or quarreled both of them in the field and there was no one delivering or rescuing between them
3. sentence🔊 וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל בֵּֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּכּ֧וֹ הָאֶחָ֛ד אֶת־הָאֶחָ֖ד וַיָּ֥מֶת אֹתֽוֹ׃

   u-le-shif-kha-TE-kha she-NE va-NIM va-yin-NA-tsu she-NE-hem ba-sa-DE ve-EN ma-TSIL be-ne-HEM va-yak-KO ha-e-KHAD et-ha-e-KHAD va-ya-MET o-TO

   and to your female servant two of sons and they fought or quarreled both of them in the field and there was no one delivering or rescuing between them and he struck him the one {direct object marker} the other one and he died him

Exegesis

The verse employs a vav-consecutive narrative sequence, opening with ule-shifkhatekha {וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ | ulə-šip̄-ḥāṯə’-ḵā} ‘to your servant woman’ to establish the speaker’s social standing.