מַצִּ֖יל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַצִּ֖יל

   ma-TSIL

   one delivering or rescuing
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל

   ve-EN ma-TSIL

   and there was no one delivering or rescuing
3. 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
4. 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 participle matsil {מַצִּיל | maṣṣîl} functions as a noun of agency, underscoring the lack of an intervener.

Root and etymology

nun–tsade–lamed🔊 נ־צ־ל

“to rescue”

• 🔊 הַצָּלָהhatzalahdeliverancePsalm 18:2