וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙

   u-mad-DU-a

   and why
2. clause🔊 וַיַּעַן אִ֣ישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶת־אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדָ֜ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר עֶ֣שֶׂר־יָדֹ֞ת לִ֣י בַמֶּ֣לֶךְ֮ וְגַם־בְּדָוִ֣ד֮ אֲנִ֣י מִמְּךָ֒ וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ הֱקִלֹּתַ֔נִי וְלֹא־הָיָ֥ה דְבָרִ֖י רִאשֹׁ֑וֹן

   va-YA-an ISH-yis-ra-EL ET-ISH ye-hu-DA va-YO-mer E-ser-ya-DOT LI va-ME-lekh ve-gam-be-da-VID a-NI mim-ME-kha u-mad-DU-a he-kil-LO-ta-NI ve-LO-ha-YA de-va-RI ri-sho-VON

   and answered a man of Israel {to} the man Judah and said ten shares to me in the king and also in David I more than you and why have you treated me lightly and was it not my word first
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּעַן אִ֣ישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶת־אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדָ֜ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר עֶ֣שֶׂר־יָדֹ֞ת לִ֣י בַמֶּ֣לֶךְ֮ וְגַם־בְּדָוִ֣ד֮ אֲנִ֣י מִמְּךָ֒ וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ הֱקִלֹּתַ֔נִי וְלֹא־הָיָ֥ה דְבָרִ֖י רִאשֹׁ֑וֹן לִ֖י לְהָשִׁ֣יב אֶת־מַלְכִּ֑י וַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙ דְּבַר־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה מִדְּבַ֖ר אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל׃

   va-YA-an ISH-yis-ra-EL ET-ISH ye-hu-DA va-YO-mer E-ser-ya-DOT LI va-ME-lekh ve-gam-be-da-VID a-NI mim-ME-kha u-mad-DU-a he-kil-LO-ta-NI ve-LO-ha-YA de-va-RI ri-sho-VON LI le-ha-SHIV ET-mal-KI va-yi-KESH de-VAR-ISH ye-hu-DA mid-DE-var ISH yis-ra-EL

   and answered a man of Israel {to} the man Judah and said ten shares to me in the king and also in David I more than you and why have you treated me lightly and was it not my word first to me to bring back {to} my king and {it} was hard the word of a man of Judah than the word of a man of Israel

Exegesis

The interrogative ū-madûa‘ {וּמַדּ֤וּעַ | ū-madûa‘} signals the rhetorical challenge, and the verb wayyeqeš {וַיְקֶשׁ֣ | wayyeqeš} “became harsh” marks an abrupt tonal shift, heightening the dispute.