דְּרָכִ֗ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דְּרָכִ֗ים

   de-ra-KHIM

   ways
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 שִׂים־לְךָ֣ שְׁנַ֣יִם דְּרָכִ֗ים

   sim-le-KHA she-NA-yim de-ra-KHIM

   set for yourself two ways
3. clause🔊 וְאַתָּ֨ה בֶן־אָדָ֜ם שִׂים־לְךָ֣ שְׁנַ֣יִם דְּרָכִ֗ים לָב֛וֹא חֶ֥רֶב מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל מֵאֶ֣רֶץ אֶחָ֑ד

   ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM sim-le-KHA she-NA-yim de-ra-KHIM la-VO KHE-rev ME-lekh-ba-VEL me-ER-ets e-KHAD

   and you son of man set for yourself two ways to come a sword the king of Babylon from a land one
4. sentence🔊 וְאַתָּ֨ה בֶן־אָדָ֜ם שִׂים־לְךָ֣ שְׁנַ֣יִם דְּרָכִ֗ים לָב֛וֹא חֶ֥רֶב מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל מֵאֶ֣רֶץ אֶחָ֑ד יֵצְא֣וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וְיָ֛ד בָּרֵ֥א בְּרֹ֖אשׁ דֶּ֣רֶךְ־עִ֑יר בָּרֵֽא׃

   ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM sim-le-KHA she-NA-yim de-ra-KHIM la-VO KHE-rev ME-lekh-ba-VEL me-ER-ets e-KHAD ye-tsu she-NE-hem ve-YAD ba-RE be-ROSH DE-rekh-im ba-RE

   and you son of man set for yourself two ways to come a sword the king of Babylon from a land one they shall go out both of them and a hand make at the head of a way of a city make

Exegesis

The first imperative sim-lekha {שִׂים־לְךָ | śîm-ləḵā} governs a concrete object, shenayim derakhim {שְׁנַיִם דְּרָכִים | šənáyim dərāḵîm} “two ways,” and is then extended by the purpose infinitive lavo {לָבוֹא | lāvōʾ} “to come,” specifying the intended movement of cherev {חֶרֶב | ḥerev} “sword,” a metonym for the military strike associated with melech-bavel {מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל | meleḵ-bāvel}.