מִלְּטָ֣נוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִלְּטָ֣נוּ

   mil-te-NU

   saved us
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְה֣וֹא מִלְּטָ֣נוּ מִכַּ֖ף

   ve-HO mil-te-NU mi-KAF

   and he saved us from the hand of
3. clause🔊 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ הִצִּילָ֣נוּ מִכַּ֣ף אֹיְבֵ֔ינוּ וְה֣וֹא מִלְּטָ֣נוּ מִכַּ֖ף פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים וְעַתָּ֣ה בָּרַ֔ח מִן־הָאָ֖רֶץ מֵעַ֥ל אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

   ha-ME-lekh hi-tsi-LA-nu mi-KAF o-ye-VE-nu ve-HO mil-te-NU mi-KAF pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ba-RAKH min-ha-A-rets me-AL av-sha-LOM

   the king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and he saved us from the hand of the Philistines and now he fled from the land from upon or from before Absalom
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֤י כָל־הָעָם֙ נָד֔וֹן בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ הִצִּילָ֣נוּ מִכַּ֣ף אֹיְבֵ֔ינוּ וְה֣וֹא מִלְּטָ֣נוּ מִכַּ֖ף פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים וְעַתָּ֣ה בָּרַ֔ח מִן־הָאָ֖רֶץ מֵעַ֥ל אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

   va-ye-HI khol-ha-AM na-DON be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR ha-ME-lekh hi-tsi-LA-nu mi-KAF o-ye-VE-nu ve-HO mil-te-NU mi-KAF pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ba-RAKH min-ha-A-rets me-AL av-sha-LOM

   and it came to be all the people arguing in all the tribes of Israel saying the king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and he saved us from the hand of the Philistines and now he fled from the land from upon or from before Absalom

Exegesis

Lēmôr {לֵאמֹ֗ר | lê·ʾā·môr} ‘saying’ introduces the content clause, with hamelekh {הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ | ham·mê·lēḵ} ‘the king’ then characterized by two deliverance verbs: ḥiṣîlānû {הִצִּילָ֙נוּ | ḥit·ṣî·lā·nû} ‘delivered us’ and milat {מִלַּ֣ט | mi·laṭ} ‘rescued’ from two different foes.