אַלְמְנ֥וּת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אַלְמְנ֥וּת

   al-me-NUT

   widowhood
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אַלְמְנ֥וּת חַיּֽוּת׃

   al-me-NUT kha-YUT

   widowhood living
3. clause🔊 וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה צְרֻר֛וֹת עַד־י֥וֹם מֻתָ֖ן אַלְמְנ֥וּת חַיּֽוּת׃

   va-ti-he-ye-NA tse-ru-ROT ad-YOM mu-TAN al-me-NUT kha-YUT

   and they became or and they were shut up or confined until day of their death widowhood living
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֨א דָוִ֣ד אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֮ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ וַיִּקַּ֣ח הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֵ֣ת עֶֽשֶׂר־נָשִׁ֣ים פִּלַגְשִׁ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִנִּיחַ֩ לִשְׁמֹ֨ר הַבַּ֜יִת וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם בֵּית־מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לֹא־בָ֑א וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה צְרֻר֛וֹת עַד־י֥וֹם מֻתָ֖ן אַלְמְנ֥וּת חַיּֽוּת׃

   va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA va-ti-he-ye-NA tse-ru-ROT ad-YOM mu-TAN al-me-NUT kha-YUT

   and he came David to his house Jerusalem and he took the king {direct object marker} ten women concubines whom or which he left to keep or to guard the house and he put them or and he gave them a house of custody or a house of guard and he provided for them and to them he did not go in or he did not come and they became or and they were shut up or confined until day of their death widowhood living

Exegesis

The construct almanut chayyut {אַלְמְנוּת חַיּוּת | al-me-nut kha-yut} specifies their living-in-widowhood status. English rendering preserves Hebrew ordering and clarifies socio-legal terms.