תָּֽמְכ֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תָּֽמְכ֣וּ

   ta-me-KHOO

   held up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 תָּֽמְכ֣וּ בְיָדָ֗יו

   ta-me-KHOO ve-ya-DAV

   held up his hands
3. clause🔊 וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן וְח֜וּר תָּֽמְכ֣וּ בְיָדָ֗יו מִזֶּ֤ה אֶחָד֙ וּמִזֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י יָדָ֛יו אֱמוּנָ֖ה עַד־בֹּ֥א הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

   ve-a-ha-RON ve-KHUR ta-me-KHOO ve-ya-DAV mi-ZEH e-KHAD oo-mi-ZEH e-KHAD va-ye-HI ya-DAV e-moo-NA ad-BO ha-SHA-mesh

   and Aaron and Hur held up his hands on this side one and on the other side one {And} were his hands steady until the setting of the sun
4. sentence🔊 וִידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ כְּבֵדִ֔ים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ תַחְתָּ֖יו וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב עָלֶ֑יהָ וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן וְח֜וּר תָּֽמְכ֣וּ בְיָדָ֗יו מִזֶּ֤ה אֶחָד֙ וּמִזֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י יָדָ֛יו אֱמוּנָ֖ה עַד־בֹּ֥א הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

   vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha ve-a-ha-RON ve-KHUR ta-me-KHOO ve-ya-DAV mi-ZEH e-KHAD oo-mi-ZEH e-KHAD va-ye-HI ya-DAV e-moo-NA ad-BO ha-SHA-mesh

   and the hands of Moses were heavy {And} they took a stone {And} they put under him {And} he sat on it and Aaron and Hur held up his hands on this side one and on the other side one {And} were his hands steady until the setting of the sun

Exegesis

The coordinated subjects veAharon {וְאַהֲרֹן | wə-ʾa-hă-rōn} and veChur {וְח֜וּר | wə-ḥûr} introduce Aaron and Hur, and tamchu {תָּמְכוּ | tām-khû} ‘supported’ with beyadav {בְיָדָיו | bə-yā-ḏāw} ‘in his hands’ describes their aid in a distributive pattern marked by mizzeh echad {מִזֶּה אֶחָד | miz-zeh ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘one on this side’ and umizzeh echad {וּמִזֶּה אֶחָד | ū-miz-zeh ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘one on that side.’

Root and etymology

ת־מ־ך🔊 tav–mem–khet

“to support”

• 🔊 תִּמְתָּךְtimtakhsupport mePsalm 61:3