אֶת־הָעָֽם׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־הָעָֽם׃

   et-ha-AM

   with the people
2. clause🔊 וְאָבִ֙יךָ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יָלִ֖ין אֶת־הָעָֽם׃

   ve-a-vi-KHA ISH mil-kha-MA ve-LO ya-LIN et-ha-AM

   and your father a man of war and not he will lodge or he will spend the night with the people
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חוּשַׁ֗י אַתָּ֣ה יָ֠דַעְתָּ אֶת־אָבִ֨יךָ וְאֶת־אֲנָשָׁ֜יו כִּ֧י גִבֹּרִ֣ים הֵ֗מָּה וּמָרֵ֥י נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ הֵ֔מָּה כְּדֹ֥ב שַׁכּ֖וּל בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְאָבִ֙יךָ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יָלִ֖ין אֶת־הָעָֽם׃

   va-YO-mer khu-SHAI a-TA ya-Da-TA et-A-vi-KHA ve-et-a-na-SHAIV KI gi-bo-RIM HE-ma u-ma-RE NE-fesh HE-ma ke-DOV sha-KUL ba-sa-DE ve-a-vi-KHA ISH mil-kha-MA ve-LO ya-LIN et-ha-AM

   and he said Hushai you you know your father and his men that or for mighty men they and bitter ones of or fierce of life or soul they like a bear bereaved in the field and your father a man of war and not he will lodge or he will spend the night with the people

Exegesis

The sequence attah yad’ata {אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ | ’attâ yā·‘aṯā} employs the perfect second person to assert certainty. The paired object markers et-avikha and we’et-anashav frame two coordinated objects (’ā·viḵā; ’ă·nā·šāyw) equally. The kai-clause ki gibborim hemmah links a reason clause, highlighting their strength (ġibborîm) followed by the pronoun hēm·māh.