לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת

   lim-te-pe-ROT

   to the women sewing
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הוֹי֩ לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת כְּסָת֜וֹת

   HOI lim-te-pe-ROT ke-sa-TOT

   woe to the women sewing coverings or bands
3. clause🔊 וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הוֹי֩ לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת כְּסָת֜וֹת עַ֣ל כָּל־אַצִּילֵ֣י יָדַ֗י וְעֹשׂ֧וֹת הַמִּסְפָּח֛וֹת עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־קוֹמָ֖ה לְצוֹדֵ֣ד נְפָשׁ֑וֹת

   ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI HOI lim-te-pe-ROT ke-sa-TOT AL kal-a-tsi-LEI ya-DAI ve-o-SOT ham-mis-pa-KHOT al-ROSH kal-ko-MA le-tso-DED ne-fa-SHOT

   and you shall say thus said or says Lord LORD woe to the women sewing coverings or bands upon all joints of my hands and making the coverings or veils upon head every stature to hunt souls
4. sentence🔊 וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הוֹי֩ לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת כְּסָת֜וֹת עַ֣ל כָּל־אַצִּילֵ֣י יָדַ֗י וְעֹשׂ֧וֹת הַמִּסְפָּח֛וֹת עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־קוֹמָ֖ה לְצוֹדֵ֣ד נְפָשׁ֑וֹת הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ תְּצוֹדֵ֣דְנָה לְעַמִּ֔י וּנְפָשׁ֖וֹת לָכֶ֥נָה תְחַיֶּֽינָה׃

   ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI HOI lim-te-pe-ROT ke-sa-TOT AL kal-a-tsi-LEI ya-DAI ve-o-SOT ham-mis-pa-KHOT al-ROSH kal-ko-MA le-tso-DED ne-fa-SHOT han-ne-fa-SHOT te-tso-DED-na le-a-MI u-ne-fa-SHOT la-KHE-na te-kha-ye-NA

   and you shall say thus said or says Lord LORD woe to the women sewing coverings or bands upon all joints of my hands and making the coverings or veils upon head every stature to hunt souls the souls will you hunt for my people and souls for yourselves {feminine plural} will you keep alive

Exegesis

The Piel infinitive limtapperot kesatot {לִמְתַפְּרוֹת֨ כְּסָת֜וֹת | lim-tap-pə-rōṯ kə-sā-tōṯ} denotes an intentional ritual of sewing charms, paralleled by the participial clause veosot hammispachot al rosh kol komah {וְעֹשׂ֧וֹת הַמִּסְפָּחוֹת֛ עַל־רֹאשׁ כָּל־קוֹמָה | və-ʿō-sōṯ ham-mis-pā-ḥōṯ ʿal-rōʾš kol-qō-māh} ‘making bands upon each head’.