יַצִּ֖ילוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יַצִּ֖ילוּ

   ya-tsi-LU

   they would deliver, they would rescue
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֥א יַצִּ֖ילוּ

   LO ya-tsi-LU

   not they would deliver, they would rescue
3. clause🔊 וּשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵלֶּה֮ בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה לֹ֥א יַצִּ֖ילוּ בָּנִ֣ים וּבָנ֑וֹת

   u-she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI LO ya-tsi-LU ba-NIM u-va-NOT

   and three of the men these in its midst, in it as I live utterance of, declaration of Lord LORD not they would deliver, they would rescue sons and daughters
4. sentence🔊 וּשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵלֶּה֮ בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה לֹ֥א יַצִּ֖ילוּ בָּנִ֣ים וּבָנ֑וֹת כִּ֛י הֵ֥ם לְבַדָּ֖ם יִנָּצֵֽלוּ׃

   u-she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI LO ya-tsi-LU ba-NIM u-va-NOT KI HEM le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu

   and three of the men these in its midst, in it as I live utterance of, declaration of Lord LORD not they would deliver, they would rescue sons and daughters but, for they by themselves, alone they would be delivered, they would be rescued

Exegesis

The negative construction lo yatzilu {לֹא יַצִּּילוּ | lōʾ yaṣṣîlû} conveys inability to rescue banim u-vanot {בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת | bānîm û-ḇānōṯ}, and the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a corrective result: hem levaddam yinnatzelu {הֵם לְבַדָּם יִנָּצֵלוּ | hēm lə-ḇaddām yinnāṣēlû} with levaddam marking exclusivity. The formal English structure retains the oath and adversative juxtaposition, while the dynamic reflects contemporary idiom for rescue and self-reliance.

Root and etymology

n-ṣ-l🔊 nun–ṣadi–lamed

“to rescue, deliver”

• 🔊 נָצַלnatzalto flee for protectionGenesis 19:19