וּבְעַנְפֹ֤והִי֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבְעַנְפֹ֤והִי֙

   u-ve-an-FO-hi

   and in its branches
2. sentence🔊 עָפְיֵ֤הּ שַׁפִּיר֙ וְאִנְבֵּ֣הּ שַׂגִּ֔יא וּמָזוֹן לְכֹ֖לָּא־בֵֽהּ תְּחֹתֵ֣והִי תַּטְלֵ֣ל חֵיוַ֣ת בָּרָ֗א וּבְעַנְפֹ֤והִי֙ יְדֻר֣ן יְדוֹרָ֔ן צִפְּרֵ֖י שְׁמַיָּ֣א וּמִנֵּ֖הּ יִתְּזִ֥ין כָּל־בִּשְׂרָֽא׃

   a-fe-YEH sha-PIR ve-in-BEH sa-GI u-ma-ZON le-kho-LA-beh te-kho-TE-hi tat-LEL kheh-WAT ba-RA u-ve-an-FO-hi ye-DUN ye-DOR tsif-RE she-ma-YA u-min-NEH yit-ZEEN kol-bis-RA

   its leaves beautiful and its fruit abundant and food for all was in it under it found shade the beasts of the field and in its branches dwelt lived birds of the heavens and from it was fed all flesh

Exegesis

A parallel clause uses uveanpohi {וּבְעַנְפֺוֹהִי | û-ḇə-ʿan-pō-hî} “and in its branches” with the verb pair yidron {ידרון | yiḏ-rōn} / yeduran {יְדֻרָן | yə-du-rān} “they dwell,” whose subject is tsiprei shemaya {צִפְּרֵי שְׁמַיְָא | ṣip-pə-rê šə-mai-yāʾ} “the birds of heaven.” The presence of an unpointed ketiv form yidron alongside the pointed yeduran likely reflects a scribal ketiv/qere or double-writing, but both convey the same imperfect plural “they dwell,” intensifying the image of settled habitation in the branches.