וְעָמָֽד׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְעָמָֽד׃

   ve-a-MAD

   and stood still
2. clause🔊 וַיַּ֨רְא הָאִ֜ישׁ כִּֽי־עָמַ֣ד כָּל־הָעָ֗ם וַיַּסֵּב֩ אֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֨א מִן־הַֽמְסִלָּ֤ה הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ עָלָיו֙ בֶּ֔גֶד כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָאָ֔ה כָּל־הַבָּ֥א עָלָ֖יו וְעָמָֽד׃

   va-yar-E ha-ISH ki-a-MAD kal-ha-AM va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE va-yash-LEKH a-LAV BE-ged ka-a-SHER ra-A kal-ha-BA a-LAV ve-a-MAD

   and he saw the man that stood still all the people and he turned aside from the highway to the field and he threw upon him a garment as he saw everyone coming upon him and stood still
3. sentence🔊 וַעֲמָשָׂ֛א מִתְגֹּלֵ֥ל בַּדָּ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הַֽמְסִּלָּ֑ה וַיַּ֨רְא הָאִ֜ישׁ כִּֽי־עָמַ֣ד כָּל־הָעָ֗ם וַיַּסֵּב֩ אֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֨א מִן־הַֽמְסִלָּ֤ה הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ עָלָיו֙ בֶּ֔גֶד כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָאָ֔ה כָּל־הַבָּ֥א עָלָ֖יו וְעָמָֽד׃

   va-a-ma-SA mit-go-LEL ba-DAM be-TOKH ham-si-LA va-yar-E ha-ISH ki-a-MAD kal-ha-AM va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE va-yash-LEKH a-LAV BE-ged ka-a-SHER ra-A kal-ha-BA a-LAV ve-a-MAD

   and Amasa was rolling himself in the blood in the midst of the highway and he saw the man that stood still all the people and he turned aside from the highway to the field and he threw upon him a garment as he saw everyone coming upon him and stood still

Exegesis

The consecutive Hiphil verbs vayyashev {וַיַּסֵּב | vay-ya-sēv} and vayishlekh {וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ | vay-yaš-lēḵ} depict deliberate removal actions, leading into the relative clause ka-asher ra’ah kol-ha-ba alav ve-amad {כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאָה כָּל־הַבָּא עָלָיו וְעָמָד | ka-ʾă-šer rā-ʾāh kol-hab-bāʾ ʿā-lāyw wə-ʿā-mad} which underscores the repeated communal reaction. The translation maintains the narrative sequence and preserves the reflexive nuance of mitgolel to reflect the original’s dramatic pacing and theological emphasis on vulnerability.

Root and etymology

‛-m-d🔊 ע־מ־דayin–mem–dalet

“to stand, remain”

• 🔊 עוֹמֵד’omedone who standsExodus 17:12