וּלְשׁ֥וֹן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּלְשׁ֥וֹן

   u-le-SHON

   and language of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּלְשׁ֥וֹן כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃

   u-le-SHON kas-DIM

   and language of the Chaldeans
3. clause🔊 וּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥ם סֵ֖פֶר וּלְשׁ֥וֹן כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃

   u-la-lam-DAM SE-fer u-le-SHON kas-DIM

   and to teach them writing and language of the Chaldeans
4. sentence🔊 יְלָדִ֣ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵֽין־בָּהֶ֣ם כָּל־מְאוּם מוּם֩ וְטוֹבֵ֨י מַרְאֶ֜ה וּמַשְׂכִּילִ֣ים בְּכָל־חָכְמָ֗ה וְיֹ֤דְעֵי דַ֙עַת֙ וּמְבִינֵ֣י מַדָּ֔ע וַאֲשֶׁר֙ כֹּ֣חַ בָּהֶ֔ם לַעֲמֹ֖ד בְּהֵיכַ֣ל הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥ם סֵ֖פֶר וּלְשׁ֥וֹן כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃

   ye-la-DIM a-SHER EN-ba-HEM KAL-me-UM MUM ve-to-VE mar-E u-mas-ki-LIM be-khol-kha-KHMA ve-yod-E DA-at u-me-vi-NE ma-DA va-a-SHER KO-akh ba-HEM la-a-MOD be-he-KHAL ha-ME-lekh u-la-lam-DAM SE-fer u-le-SHON kas-DIM

   youths who there is not in them any blemish blemish and good of appearance and discerning in all wisdom and knowing knowledge and understanding learning and who strength in them to stand in the palace of the king and to teach them writing and language of the Chaldeans

Exegesis

The infinitive u-lallamdam sefer u-leshon kasdim {וּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥ם סֵ֖פֶר וּלְשׁ֥וֹן כַּשְׂדִּֽים | û-lă-lam-mə-ḏām sê-fer û-lə-šōn kaś-dîm} ‘and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans’ expresses intended instruction. The cumulative Hebrew structure—from physical attributes to intellectual capacity to vocational purpose—is mirrored in English with parallel descriptive progression.