אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית֙

   et-ha-kha-NIT

   {direct object marker} the spear
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית֙

   va-yig-ZOL et-ha-kha-NIT

   and he seized {direct object marker} the spear
3. clause🔊 וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית֙ מִיַּ֣ד הַמִּצְרִ֔י וַיַּהַרְגֵ֖הוּ בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃

   va-yig-ZOL et-ha-kha-NIT mi-YAD ha-mits-RI va-ya-har-GE-hu ba-kha-ni-TO

   and he seized {direct object marker} the spear from {the} hand of the Egyptian and he killed him with his spear
4. sentence🔊 וְהוּא־הִכָּה֩ אֶת־אִ֨ישׁ מִצְרִ֜י אשר אִ֣ישׁ מַרְאֶ֗ה וּבְיַ֤ד הַמִּצְרִי֙ חֲנִ֔ית וַיֵּ֥רֶד אֵלָ֖יו בַּשָּׁ֑בֶט וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית֙ מִיַּ֣ד הַמִּצְרִ֔י וַיַּהַרְגֵ֖הוּ בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃

   ve-HU-hi-KA et-ISH mits-RI a-SHER ISH mar-E u-ve-YAD ha-mits-RI kha-NIT va-YE-red e-LAV ba-sha-VET va-yig-ZOL et-ha-kha-NIT mi-YAD ha-mits-RI va-ya-har-GE-hu ba-kha-ni-TO

   and he struck {direct object marker} a man an Egyptian who or which a man of appearance and in {the} hand of the Egyptian a spear and he went down to him with the staff and he seized {direct object marker} the spear from {the} hand of the Egyptian and he killed him with his spear

Exegesis

The construction uve-yad hamiṣri khanit {וּבְיַד הַמִּצְרִי חֲנִית | ū̆-ḇə-yad ham-mitsrī ḥănît} forms a prepositional phrase denoting possession.

The determinative et {אֶת | ʾet} marks direct objects, and the suffix in bakhanito {בַּחֲנִיתוֹ | ba-ḥănītô} signals the instrument ‘with his spear.’ The Hebrew sequence’s vivid immediacy is rendered through concise, active English clauses preserving its force and order.

Root and etymology

ח־נ־ת🔊 chet–nun–tav

“spear, lance”