מַטָּעָֽהּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מַטָּעָֽהּ׃

   ma-ta-A

   of its planting
2. clause🔊 וְהִנֵּה֩ הַגֶּ֨פֶן הַזֹּ֜את כָּֽפְנָ֧ה שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָ עָלָ֗יו וְדָֽלִיּוֹתָיו֙ שִׁלְחָה־לּ֔וֹ לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת אוֹתָ֔הּ מֵעֲרֻג֖וֹת מַטָּעָֽהּ׃

   ve-hin-NE ha-GE-fen ha-ZOT kaf-NA sha-ro-SHE-ha a-LAV ve-da-li-yo-TAV shil-KHA-LO le-hash-KOT o-TA me-a-ru-GOT ma-ta-A

   and behold the vine this bent its roots toward him and its branches it sent forth to him to water it from the beds of its planting
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֤י נֶֽשֶׁר־אֶחָד֙ גָּד֔וֹל גְּד֥וֹל כְּנָפַ֖יִם וְרַב־נוֹצָ֑ה וְהִנֵּה֩ הַגֶּ֨פֶן הַזֹּ֜את כָּֽפְנָ֧ה שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָ עָלָ֗יו וְדָֽלִיּוֹתָיו֙ שִׁלְחָה־לּ֔וֹ לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת אוֹתָ֔הּ מֵעֲרֻג֖וֹת מַטָּעָֽהּ׃

   va-ye-HI NE-sher-e-KHAD ga-DOL ge-DOL ke-na-FA-yim ve-rav-no-TSA ve-hin-NE ha-GE-fen ha-ZOT kaf-NA sha-ro-SHE-ha a-LAV ve-da-li-yo-TAV shil-KHA-LO le-hash-KOT o-TA me-a-ru-GOT ma-ta-A

   and there was an eagle, one great great of wings and much plumage and behold the vine this bent its roots toward him and its branches it sent forth to him to water it from the beds of its planting

Exegesis

The infinitive le-hashkot {לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת | lə-hašqôt} expresses purpose ‘to water it’, and the genitive chain me-arugot mattaha {מֵעֲרֻג֖וֹת מַטָּעָֽהּ | mĕʿărûgôṯ mə-ṭāʿāh} ‘from the beds of its planting’ indicates location. The Hebrew syntax underscores the allegory of dependence.