אֲדֹנִ֔י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲדֹנִ֔י

   a-do-NI

   my lord
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֹיְבֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י

   o-ye-VEI a-do-NI

   enemies of my lord
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַכּוּשִׁ֗י יְהִ֤יוּ כַנַּ֙עַר֙ אֹיְבֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְכֹ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־קָ֤מוּ עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ לְרָ֣עָה׃

   va-YO-mer ha-KU-shi ye-hi-U kha-NA-ar o-ye-VEI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL a-sher-KA-mu a-LE-kha le-ra-A

   and he said the Cushite may they be like the young man enemies of my lord the king and all who rose up against you for evil or harm
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־הַכּוּשִׁ֔י הֲשָׁל֥וֹם לַנַּ֖עַר לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַכּוּשִׁ֗י יְהִ֤יוּ כַנַּ֙עַר֙ אֹיְבֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְכֹ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־קָ֤מוּ עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ לְרָ֣עָה׃

   va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-ha-KU-shi ha-sha-LOM la-NA-ar le-av-sha-LOM va-YO-mer ha-KU-shi ye-hi-U kha-NA-ar o-ye-VEI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL a-sher-KA-mu a-LE-kha le-ra-A

   and he said the king to the Cushite is there peace or well-being of to the young man to Absalom and he said the Cushite may they be like the young man enemies of my lord the king and all who rose up against you for evil or harm

Exegesis

The construct chain oyvei adoni hamelech {אֹיְבֵי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾō-yvā-yê ʾă-dō-nî ham-mé-lekh} ‘enemies of my lord the king’ tightens allegiance and hostility, and the relative clause asher kamu aleikha leraʿah {אֲשֶׁר קָמוּ עָלֶיךָ לְרָעָה | ʾă-šer kā-mū ʿā-lē-khā lə-rā-ʿāh} specifies hostile intent, guiding the English to preserve the sequence and emphasis.