וְהִדִּ֤יחַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְהִדִּ֤יחַ

   ve-hid-DI-akh

   and drive
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהִדִּ֤יחַ עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙

   ve-hid-DI-akh a-LEI-nu

   and drive upon us
3. clause🔊 מַהֲר֣וּ לָלֶ֗כֶת פֶּן־יְמַהֵ֤ר וְהִשִּׂגָ֙נוּ֙ וְהִדִּ֤יחַ עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ אֶת־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה וְהִכָּ֥ה הָעִ֖יר לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃

   ma-ha-RU la-LE-khet pen-ye-ma-HER ve-his-si-GA-nu ve-hid-DI-akh a-LEI-nu et-ha-ra-A ve-hik-KA ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev

   hurry to go lest he hurry and overtake us and drive upon us {direct object} the evil and strike the city by the mouth of the sword
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּ֠וִד לְכָל־עֲבָדָ֨יו אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֤וֹ בִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ ק֣וּמוּ וְנִבְרָ֔חָה כִּ֛י לֹא־תִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֥נוּ פְלֵיטָ֖ה מִפְּנֵ֣י אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם מַהֲר֣וּ לָלֶ֗כֶת פֶּן־יְמַהֵ֤ר וְהִשִּׂגָ֙נוּ֙ וְהִדִּ֤יחַ עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ אֶת־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה וְהִכָּ֥ה הָעִ֖יר לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃

   va-YO-mer da-VID le-KHAL-a-va-DAV a-SHER-it-TO vi-ru-sha-LA-yim KU-mu ve-niv-ra-KHA KI LO-ti-he-YE-la-NU pe-lei-TA mip-pe-NEI av-sha-LOM ma-ha-RU la-LE-khet pen-ye-ma-HER ve-his-si-GA-nu ve-hid-DI-akh a-LEI-nu et-ha-ra-A ve-hik-KA ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev

   and he said David to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem arise and let us flee for there will not be for us escape from before Absalom hurry to go lest he hurry and overtake us and drive upon us {direct object} the evil and strike the city by the mouth of the sword

Exegesis

The Hifil vehidi’ach {וְהִדִּיחַ | wə-hid-dî-aḥ} ‘bring upon us’ with et-hara’ah {אֶת־הָרָעָה | ’et-hā-rā-‘āh} ‘the disaster’ denotes causation, and the Hifil vehikah {וְהִכָּה | wə-hiq-qā} ‘strike’ with the construct lefi-charev {לְפִי־חָרֶב | lə-p̄î-ḥā-reḇ} employs an idiom “edge of the sword.” The English translation maintains the Hebrew’s sequential and syntactic flow by aligning imperatives, cohortative, and causative forms, preserving the cautionary tone and vivid imagery of impending calamity.