קֵ֑ץ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 קֵ֑ץ׃

   KETS

   end
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עֲוֺ֣ן קֵ֑ץ׃

   a-VON KETS

   iniquity or guilt end
3. clause🔊 אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א יֹומ֔וֹ בְּעֵ֖ת עֲוֺ֣ן קֵ֑ץ׃

   a-SHER-ba yo-MO be-ET a-VON KETS

   who has come his day at the time of iniquity or guilt end
4. sentence🔊 וְאַתָּ֙ה חָלָ֣ל רָשָׁ֔ע נְשִׂ֖יא יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א יֹומ֔וֹ בְּעֵ֖ת עֲוֺ֣ן קֵ֑ץ׃

   ve-a-TA kha-LAL ra-SHA ne-SI yis-ra-EL a-SHER-ba yo-MO be-ET a-VON KETS

   and you pierced one or slain one wicked one prince or leader of Israel who has come his day at the time of iniquity or guilt end

Exegesis

The temporal prepositional phrase be-et {בְּעֵת | bə-ʿēt} ‘at the time’ governs the compact noun sequence avon ketz {עֲוֹ֥ן קֵֽץ | ʿā-wōn qēṣ}, which can be read as a genitive relationship (“iniquity’s end”) or as iniquity reaching its endpoint. The translation renders this as an approaching limit to guilt and rule, while noting that chalal can be understood either as “profaned” or “mortally wounded”; the surrounding moral vocabulary and judgment setting support “profaned/disgraced” as a coherent address to a condemned ruler.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ק־צ־הQof–Tsade–Heh

“end, extremity”