אֵֽין־לָ֨נוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵֽין־לָ֨נוּ

   EN-LA-nu

   there is not to us
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֵֽין־לָ֨נוּ חֵ֜לֶק

   EN-LA-nu KHE-lek

   there is not to us a portion
3. clause🔊 וַיִּתְקַ֣ע בַּשֹּׁפָ֗ר וַ֠יֹּאמֶר אֵֽין־לָ֨נוּ חֵ֜לֶק בְּדָוִ֗ד וְלֹ֤א נֽ͏ַחֲלָה־לָ֙נוּ֙ בְּבֶן־יִשַׁ֔י אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָ֖יו יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-YO-mer EN-LA-nu KHE-lek be-da-VID ve-LO na-kha-LA-LA-nu be-ven-yish-AI ISH le-o-ha-LAV yis-ra-EL

   and he blew the trumpet or shofar and he said there is not to us a portion in David and not an inheritance to us in the son of Jesse each man to his tents Israel
4. sentence🔊 וְשָׁ֨ם נִקְרָ֜א אִ֣ישׁ בְּלִיַּ֗עַל וּשְׁמ֛וֹ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י אִ֣ישׁ יְמִינִ֑י וַיִּתְקַ֣ע בַּשֹּׁפָ֗ר וַ֠יֹּאמֶר אֵֽין־לָ֨נוּ חֵ֜לֶק בְּדָוִ֗ד וְלֹ֤א נֽ͏ַחֲלָה־לָ֙נוּ֙ בְּבֶן־יִשַׁ֔י אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָ֖יו יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-SHAM nik-RA ISH be-li-YA-al u-she-MO SHE-va ben-BIKH-ri ISH ye-mi-NI va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-YO-mer EN-LA-nu KHE-lek be-da-VID ve-LO na-kha-LA-LA-nu be-ven-yish-AI ISH le-o-ha-LAV yis-ra-EL

   and there was found or happened to be a man worthless and his name Sheba son of Bichri a man a Benjaminite and he blew the trumpet or shofar and he said there is not to us a portion in David and not an inheritance to us in the son of Jesse each man to his tents Israel

Exegesis

The paired negatives ein-lanu chelek {אֵין־לָנוּ חֵלֶק | ʾên-lā-nû ḥē-leq} and ve-lo nachalahlanu {וְלֹא נַחֲלָה־לָנוּ | wə-lō na-ḥă-lā-hā-lā-nû} form a chiastic structure emphasizing total repudiation of Davidic rule.