קֳדָ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 קֳדָ֣ם

   ko-DAM

   before
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א

   ko-DAM mal-KAA

   before the king
3. clause🔊 וּמִלְּתָ֨א דִֽי־מַלְכָּ֤ה שָׁאֵל֙ יַקִּירָ֔ה וְאָחֳרָן֙ לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖הּ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א

   u-mil-le-TAA di-mal-KAA sha-EL yak-KEE-RAA ve-a-khoh-RAAN LAA i-TAI DI ye-kha-VVIN-NA ko-DAM mal-KAA

   that the king asks and the thing is difficult and another not there is that can show it before the king
4. sentence🔊 וּמִלְּתָ֨א דִֽי־מַלְכָּ֤ה שָׁאֵל֙ יַקִּירָ֔ה וְאָחֳרָן֙ לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖הּ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א לָהֵ֣ן אֱלָהִ֔ין דִּ֚י מְדָ֣רְה֔וֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָ֖א לָ֥א אִיתֽוֹהִי׃

   u-mil-le-TAA di-mal-KAA sha-EL yak-KEE-RAA ve-a-khoh-RAAN LAA i-TAI DI ye-kha-VVIN-NA ko-DAM mal-KAA la-HEN e-la-HIN DI me-dar-HON im-bis-RAA LAA i-TO-hi

   that the king asks and the thing is difficult and another not there is that can show it before the king therefore the gods their dwelling whose with flesh not is

Exegesis

The conjunction waw with veahoran {וְאָחֳרָן֙ | wə-ʾā-ḥo-rān} ‘and another’ intensifies the statement, leading into the existential negative la itai {לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י | lāʾ ʾî-ṯay} ‘there is none’, followed by the subordinate clause di yechavinnah {דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖הּ | dî yə-ḥav-win-nah} ‘who can declare it’, positioned before the king in kodam malka {קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א | qo-ḏām mal-kāʾ} ‘before the king’.