אֶֽת־הַחֲמ֗וֹר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶֽת־הַחֲמ֗וֹר

   ET-ha-kha-MOR

   the donkey
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁ אֶֽת־הַחֲמ֗וֹר

   va-ya-kha-VOSH ET-ha-kha-MOR

   and he saddled the donkey
3. clause🔊 וַאֲחִיתֹ֣פֶל רָאָ֗ה כִּ֣י לֹ֣א נֶעֶשְׂתָה֮ עֲצָתוֹ֒ וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁ אֶֽת־הַחֲמ֗וֹר וַיָּ֜קָם וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אֶל־עִיר֔וֹ וַיְצַ֥ו אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק

   va-a-khi-TO-fel ra-A KI LO ne-e-se-TA a-tsa-TO va-ya-kha-VOSH ET-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH el-be-TO el-i-RO va-ye-TSAV el-be-TO va-ye-kha-NAK

   and Ahithophel saw that not was done or was carried out his counsel and he saddled the donkey and he arose and he went to his house to his city and he commanded or gave orders to his house and he strangled himself or hanged himself
4. sentence🔊 וַאֲחִיתֹ֣פֶל רָאָ֗ה כִּ֣י לֹ֣א נֶעֶשְׂתָה֮ עֲצָתוֹ֒ וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁ אֶֽת־הַחֲמ֗וֹר וַיָּ֜קָם וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אֶל־עִיר֔וֹ וַיְצַ֥ו אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק וַיָּ֕מָת וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּקֶ֥בֶר אָבִֽיו׃

   va-a-khi-TO-fel ra-A KI LO ne-e-se-TA a-tsa-TO va-ya-kha-VOSH ET-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH el-be-TO el-i-RO va-ye-TSAV el-be-TO va-ye-kha-NAK va-ya-MAT va-yik-ka-VER be-KE-ver a-VIV

   and Ahithophel saw that not was done or was carried out his counsel and he saddled the donkey and he arose and he went to his house to his city and he commanded or gave orders to his house and he strangled himself or hanged himself and he died and he was buried in the grave of his father

Exegesis

The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ’et} before haḥamor {הַחֲמו֗וֹר | ha·ḥă·môr} specifies the donkey, while the paired prepositional phrases el beito {אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ | ’el bē·ṯō} and el iro {אֶל־עִירוֹ | ’el ‘î·rō} emphasize his return path.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־מ־רchet–mem–resh

“donkey”