מִתְּחִלַּ֣ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִתְּחִלַּ֣ת

   mit-te-KHI-lat

   from the beginning of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִתְּחִלַּ֣ת קָצִ֔יר

   mit-te-KHI-lat ka-TSIR

   from the beginning of harvest
3. clause🔊 וַתִּקַּ֣ח רִצְפָּה֩ בַת־אַיָּ֨ה אֶת־הַשַּׂ֜ק וַתַּטֵּ֨הוּ לָ֤הּ אֶל־הַצּוּר֙ מִתְּחִלַּ֣ת קָצִ֔יר עַ֛ד נִתַּךְ־מַ֥יִם עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מִן־הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם

   va-tik-KAKH rits-pa bat-a-YA et-ha-SAK va-tat-TE-hu LA el-ha-TSUR mit-te-KHI-lat ka-TSIR AD nit-TAKH-MA-yim a-le-HEM min-ha-sha-MA-yim

   and she took Rizpah daughter of Aiah the sackcloth and she spread it for herself or for her to the rock from the beginning of harvest until water was poured or rain fell upon them from the heavens
4. sentence🔊 וַתִּקַּ֣ח רִצְפָּה֩ בַת־אַיָּ֨ה אֶת־הַשַּׂ֜ק וַתַּטֵּ֨הוּ לָ֤הּ אֶל־הַצּוּר֙ מִתְּחִלַּ֣ת קָצִ֔יר עַ֛ד נִתַּךְ־מַ֥יִם עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מִן־הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְלֹֽא־נָתְנָה֩ ע֨וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם לָנ֤וּחַ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְאֶת־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לָֽיְלָה׃

   va-tik-KAKH rits-pa bat-a-YA et-ha-SAK va-tat-TE-hu LA el-ha-TSUR mit-te-KHI-lat ka-TSIR AD nit-TAKH-MA-yim a-le-HEM min-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-LO-na-te-NA OF ha-sha-MA-yim la-NU-akh a-le-HEM yo-MAM ve-et-kha-YAT ha-sa-DE LAI-la

   and she took Rizpah daughter of Aiah the sackcloth and she spread it for herself or for her to the rock from the beginning of harvest until water was poured or rain fell upon them from the heavens and she did not allow or and she did not give bird or flying creature of the heavens to rest or to settle upon them by day and {the} beast of the field by night

Exegesis

The temporal frame is marked by mitkhilat katsir {מִתְּחִלַּ֣ת קָצִיר | miṯ-tə-ḥillat qāṣîr} “from the beginning of harvest” and ad with the Niphal perfect nittakh-mayim {נִתַּךְ־מַיִם | niṯ-ṭaḵ-mayim} “water was poured down,” forming an inclusive time span.