צְמִידִים֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 צְמִידִים֙

   tse-mi-DIM

   bracelets
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה צְמִידִים֙

   va-et-NA tse-mi-DIM

   and I put bracelets
3. clause🔊 וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה צְמִידִים֙ עַל־יָדַ֔יִךְ וְרָבִ֖יד עַל־גְּרוֹנֵֽךְ׃

   va-et-NA tse-mi-DIM al-ya-DA-yikh ve-ra-VID al-ge-ro-NEKH

   and I put bracelets on your hands and a chain on your neck
4. sentence🔊 וָאֶעְדֵּ֖ךְ עֶ֑דִי וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה צְמִידִים֙ עַל־יָדַ֔יִךְ וְרָבִ֖יד עַל־גְּרוֹנֵֽךְ׃

   va-e-DEC e-DI va-et-NA tse-mi-DIM al-ya-DA-yikh ve-ra-VID al-ge-ro-NEKH

   and I adorned you with ornament and I put bracelets on your hands and a chain on your neck

Exegesis

A second vav consecutive with waetnah {וָאֶתְּנָה | wā-ʾet-nāh} ‘and I put’ introduces tsemidim {צְמִידִים | ṣə-mî-dîm} ‘bracelets’ as the direct object, followed by the locative al yadayikh marking placement. The coordinate weravid clause with al geronekh completes the series with a necklace on the neck. The repeated vav consecutives create parallelism that highlights the completeness of the divine adornment, while the dual form in yadayikh underscores specificity. English renders the narrative sequence faithfully and clarifies the spatial relationships.

Root and etymology

צ־מ־ד🔊 ts-m-d

“to bind or fasten”

• 🔊 צְמִידṣə-mîdbraceletGenesis 24:22