חֻתָּֽלְתְּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֻתָּֽלְתְּ׃

   khu-TAL-te

   you were swaddled
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֥א חֻתָּֽלְתְּ׃

   LO khu-TAL-te

   not you were swaddled
3. clause🔊 וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙ לֹ֣א הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ וְהָחְתֵּ֖ל לֹ֥א חֻתָּֽלְתְּ׃

   ve-ha-me-LE-akh LO hum-la-KHAT-te ve-ha-khte-L LO khu-TAL-te

   and with salt not you were salted and with swaddling not you were swaddled
4. sentence🔊 וּמוֹלְדוֹתַ֗יִךְ בְּי֨וֹם הוּלֶּ֤דֶת אֹתָךְ֙ לֹֽא־כָרַּ֣ת שָׁרֵּ֔ךְ וּבְמַ֥יִם לֹֽא־רֻחַ֖צְתְּ לְמִשְׁעִ֑י וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙ לֹ֣א הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ וְהָחְתֵּ֖ל לֹ֥א חֻתָּֽלְתְּ׃

   u-mo-le-do-TA-yikh be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TAKH lo-KAR-rat sha-REKH u-ve-ma-YIM lo-ru-KHATS-te le-mish-E ve-ha-me-LE-akh LO hum-la-KHAT-te ve-ha-khte-L LO khu-TAL-te

   and your births or origins in the day of being born you was not cut your navel cord and with water you were not washed for cleansing and with salt not you were salted and with swaddling not you were swaddled

Exegesis

A series of four negated perfect verbs—lo-kārat {לֹא־כָרַת | lō-kār-rat}, lo-ru-ḥaṣ-tet {לֹא־רֻחַצְתְּ | lō-ru-ḥaṣ-tet}, lo-hum-la-ḥat-tet {לֹא הֻמְלַחַתְּ | lō-hum-la-ḥat-tet}, lo-ḥuṭ-tal-tet {לֹא חֻתָּלְתְּ | lō-ḥuṭ-tal-tet}—underscores the absence of customary postnatal care.