וְחֶמְאָ֗ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְחֶמְאָ֗ה

   ve-khem-A

   and curds or butter
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּדְבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָ֗ה

   u-de-VASH ve-khem-A

   and honey and curds or butter
3. clause🔊 וּדְבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָ֗ה וְצֹאן֙ וּשְׁפ֣וֹת בָּקָ֔ר הִגִּ֧ישׁוּ לְדָוִ֛ד וְלָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֖וֹ לֶאֱכ֑וֹל

   u-de-VASH ve-khem-A ve-TSON u-she-FOT ba-KAR hi-GI-shu le-da-VID ve-la-AM a-sher-i-TO le-e-KHOL

   and honey and curds or butter and sheep or flock and cheese of the herd they brought near or presented to David and to the people who were with him to eat
4. sentence🔊 וּדְבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָ֗ה וְצֹאן֙ וּשְׁפ֣וֹת בָּקָ֔ר הִגִּ֧ישׁוּ לְדָוִ֛ד וְלָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֖וֹ לֶאֱכ֑וֹל כִּ֣י אָמְר֔וּ הָעָ֗ם רָעֵ֛ב וְעָיֵ֥ף וְצָמֵ֖א בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

   u-de-VASH ve-khem-A ve-TSON u-she-FOT ba-KAR hi-GI-shu le-da-VID ve-la-AM a-sher-i-TO le-e-KHOL KI a-me-RU ha-AM ra-EV ve-a-YEF ve-tsa-ME ba-mi-de-BAR

   and honey and curds or butter and sheep or flock and cheese of the herd they brought near or presented to David and to the people who were with him to eat for they said the people hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness

Exegesis

The verse begins with a coordinated list introduced by ve- “and” attaching udavash {וּדְבַשׁ | u·davāš} ‘honey’, vechemah {וְחֶמְאָה | wə·ḥemʾāh} ‘curds’, vetsoʾn {וְצֹאן | wə·ṣōˈn} ‘sheep’, ʾušfəwṯ {וּשְׁפֹות | u·šə·p̄ōṯ} ‘cheeses’, and bāqār {בָּקָר | bā·qār} ‘cattle’ before the hiphil verb higgîšû {הִגִּישׁוּ | hig·gî·šû} ‘they brought’.

Root and etymology

ḥ-m-ʾ🔊 ח־מ־אḥet–mem–aleph

“curds, coagulated dairy”

• 🔊 חֶמְאָהḥemāhcurds, butterProverbs 30:33