עַל־פְּנֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַל־פְּנֵ֥י

   al-pe-NE

   upon the face of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

   al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA

   upon the face of the ground
3. clause🔊 וְכִבּ֗וּ אֶת־גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאָ֔רָה לְבִלְתִּ֧י שום־שִׂים־לְאִישִׁ֛י שֵׁ֥ם וּשְׁאֵרִ֖ית עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

   ve-khi-BU et-ga-khal-TI a-SHER nish-a-RA le-vil-TI sum-sim-le-I-shi SHEM u-she-e-RIT al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA

   and they will extinguish {the} coal of mine that has been left so as not to to set for my man a name and a remnant upon the face of the ground
4. sentence🔊 וְהִנֵּה֩ קָ֨מָה כָֽל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜ה עַל־שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ תְּנִ֣י אֶת־מַכֵּ֣ה אָחִ֗יו וּנְמִיתֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁ אָחִיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָרָ֔ג וְנַשְׁמִ֖ידָה גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַיּוֹרֵ֑שׁ וְכִבּ֗וּ אֶת־גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאָ֔רָה לְבִלְתִּ֧י שום־שִׂים־לְאִישִׁ֛י שֵׁ֥ם וּשְׁאֵרִ֖ית עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

   ve-hin-NE ka-MA khol-ha-mish-pa-KHA al-shif-kha-TE-kha va-yo-me-RU te-NI et-ma-KE a-KHIV u-ne-mi-TE-hu be-NE-fesh a-KHIV a-SHER ha-RAG ve-nash-mi-DA GAM et-ha-yo-RESH ve-khi-BU et-ga-khal-TI a-SHER nish-a-RA le-vil-TI sum-sim-le-I-shi SHEM u-she-e-RIT al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA

   and look, has risen all the family-clan against your female-servant and they said give {the} striker of his brother and we will put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed and we will destroy also {the} heir and they will extinguish {the} coal of mine that has been left so as not to to set for my man a name and a remnant upon the face of the ground

Exegesis

Finally, the spatial phrase al-penei ha-adamah {עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה | ’al-pənê hā-’ăḏāmāh} ‘on the face of the earth’ conveys total obliteration.