חָרָשֵׁ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חָרָשֵׁ֖י

   kha-ra-SHE

   craftsmen of
2. clause🔊 עָלַ֖יִךְ וּנְתַתִּ֗יךְ בְּיַד֙ אֲנָשִׁ֣ים בֹּעֲרִ֔ים חָרָשֵׁ֖י מַשְׁחִֽית׃

   a-LA-yekh u-ne-TAT-ti-kh be-YAD a-na-SHIM bo-a-RIM kha-ra-SHE mash-KHIT

   upon you and I will give you into the hand of men brutish craftsmen of destruction
3. sentence🔊 וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ זַעְמִ֔י בְּאֵ֖שׁ עֶבְרָתִ֣י אָפִ֑יחַ עָלַ֖יִךְ וּנְתַתִּ֗יךְ בְּיַד֙ אֲנָשִׁ֣ים בֹּעֲרִ֔ים חָרָשֵׁ֖י מַשְׁחִֽית׃

   ve-sha-FAKH-ti a-LA-yekh za-e-MI be-ESH e-ve-RA-ti a-FI-akh a-LA-yekh u-ne-TAT-ti-kh be-YAD a-na-SHIM bo-a-RIM kha-ra-SHE mash-KHIT

   and I will pour out upon you my indignation with fire of my wrath I will blow upon you and I will give you into the hand of men brutish craftsmen of destruction

Exegesis

ushepakhti {וּשְׁפַכְתִּי | û-šə-p̄akh-tî} ‘I will pour out’ introduces the vav-consecutive perfect marking divine judgment; the constructs zaami {זַעְמִי | zaʿ-mi} ‘my indignation’ and evrati {עֶבְרָתִי | ʿeḇ-rā-tî} ‘my wrath’ intensify the threat; be-esh {בְּאֵשׁ | bə-ʾēš} ‘in fire’ serves metaphorically and literally as the instrument of punishment; the Hiphil imperfect apiach {אַפִּיחַ | ʼă-pî-aḥ} ‘I will blow’ evokes fanning flames; the deliverance formula be-yad {בְּיַד | bə-yaḏ} ‘into the hand of’ introduces anashim {אֲנָשִׁים | ʾă-nā-šîm} ‘men,’ modified by boarim {בֹּעֲרִים | bō-ʿă-rîm} ‘burning’ and the participle construct charashei mashkhit {חָרָשֵׁי מַשְׁחִית | ḥā-rā-šê maš-ḥîṯ} ‘skillful for destruction,’ underscoring human agents employed for ruin.