עֲלָ֙ךְ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עֲלָ֙ךְ֙

   ah-LAKH

   upon you
2. clause🔊 עֲלָ֙ךְ֙ עַ֣ד דִּֽי־תִנְדַּ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּיט֙ עִלָּיָ֣א֙ בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖א יִתְּנִנַּ֥הּ׃

   ah-LAKH AD di-tin-DA di-shal-LEET il-la-YA be-mal-KHOOT a-na-SHAA oo-leh-MAN-DEE yits-BEH yit-te-nin-NAAH

   upon you until that you know rules the Most High in the kingdom of of men and to whom wills gives it
3. sentence🔊 וּמִן־אֲנָשָׁא֙ לָ֣ךְ טָרְדִ֔ין וְעִם־חֵיוַ֖ת בָּרָ֣א מְדֹרָ֗ךְ עִשְׂבָּ֤א כְּתוֹרִין֙ לָ֣ךְ יְטַעֲמ֔וּן וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֣וּן עֲלָ֑יָךְ עֲלָ֙ךְ֙ עַ֣ד דִּֽי־תִנְדַּ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּיט֙ עִלָּיָ֣א֙ בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖א יִתְּנִנַּ֥הּ׃

   oo-MIN-a-na-SHAA LAKH tar-DEEN ve-IM-KHEE-VAT bah-RAA meh-do-RAKH ihs-BAA keh-to-REEN LAKH ye-ta-a-MOON veh-SHIV-AA id-da-NEEN yakh-le-FOON ah-la-YAKH ah-LAKH AD di-tin-DA di-shal-LEET il-la-YA be-mal-KHOOT a-na-SHAA oo-leh-MAN-DEE yits-BEH yit-te-nin-NAAH

   and from among men you will be driven away and with the beasts of the field your dwelling grass like oxen you will be made to eat and seven periods of time will pass over you upon you until that you know rules the Most High in the kingdom of of men and to whom wills gives it

Exegesis

The temporal clause wəšibʿāh ʿiddānîn yaḥlep̄ûn ʿălāḵ {וְשִׁבְעָה עִדָּנִין יַחְלְפוּן עֲלָךְ | wə-šib-ʿāh ʿid-dā-nîn ya-ḥlə-p̄ûn ʿă-lāḵ} ‘and seven times will pass over you’ uses the plural noun ʿiddānîn {עִדָּנִין | ʿid-dā-nîn} ‘times, periods’ and the imperfect verb yaḥlep̄ûn {יַחְלְפוּן | ya-ḥlə-p̄ûn} ‘they will pass’ to describe a divinely fixed span whose exact length is less important than its completion.