אֶת־אִ֨ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־אִ֨ישׁ

   et-ISH

   {direct object marker} a man
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהוּא־הִכָּה֩ אֶת־אִ֨ישׁ מִצְרִ֜י

   ve-HU-hi-KA et-ISH mits-RI

   and he struck {direct object marker} a man an Egyptian
3. clause🔊 וְהוּא־הִכָּה֩ אֶת־אִ֨ישׁ מִצְרִ֜י אשר אִ֣ישׁ מַרְאֶ֗ה וּבְיַ֤ד הַמִּצְרִי֙ חֲנִ֔ית וַיֵּ֥רֶד אֵלָ֖יו בַּשָּׁ֑בֶט

   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

   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
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 relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ăšer} ‘who’ links ish marʾeh {אִישׁ מַרְאֶה | ʾīš marʾēh} ‘man of appearance,’ a construct chain emphasizing the Egyptian’s stature.

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.