שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּי

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּי

   shi-lakh-TI

   I sent
2. clause🔊 כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה אַ֣ף כִּֽי־אַרְבַּ֣עַת שְׁפָטַ֣י הָרָעִ֡ים חֶ֠רֶב וְרָעָ֞ב וְחַיָּ֤ה רָעָה֙ וָדֶ֔בֶר שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּי אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם

   KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH AF ki-ar-BA-at she-fa-TAI ha-ra-IM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV ve-kha-YA ra-A va-DE-ver shi-lakh-TI el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im

   for thus said Lord LORD indeed that four of my judgments the evil ones sword and famine and animal evil and pestilence I sent to Jerusalem
3. sentence🔊 כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה אַ֣ף כִּֽי־אַרְבַּ֣עַת שְׁפָטַ֣י הָרָעִ֡ים חֶ֠רֶב וְרָעָ֞ב וְחַיָּ֤ה רָעָה֙ וָדֶ֔בֶר שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּי אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם לְהַכְרִ֥ית מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃

   KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH AF ki-ar-BA-at she-fa-TAI ha-ra-IM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV ve-kha-YA ra-A va-DE-ver shi-lakh-TI el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hakh-RIT mi-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA

   for thus said Lord LORD indeed that four of my judgments the evil ones sword and famine and animal evil and pestilence I sent to Jerusalem to cut off from it {feminine} human and animal

Exegesis

In the protasis, shillachti {שִׁלַּחְתִּי | šil-lach-tî} ‘I have sent’ governs el-yerushalayim {אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלָיִם | ʾel-yerû-ša-lā-yim} and is followed by the Hiphil purpose infinitive lehachrit {לְהַכְרִית | lə-hak-hrît} ‘to cut off.’ The series cherev, verav, vechayyah raah, vadever unfolds in stepwise parallelism, each calamity intensifying the threat before concluding with man and animal.