אֵ֖שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵ֖שׁ

   ESH

   fire
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לָפַֽחַת־עָלָ֥יו אֵ֖שׁ

   la-fa-KHAT-a-LAV ESH

   to blow upon it fire
3. clause🔊 קְבֻ֣צַת כֶּ֡סֶף וּ֠נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֨ל וְעוֹפֶ֤רֶת וּבְדִיל֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ כּ֔וּר לָפַֽחַת־עָלָ֥יו אֵ֖שׁ לְהַנְתִּ֑יךְ

   ke-vu-TSAT KE-sef u-ne-KHO-shet u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret u-ve-DIL el-TOKH KUR la-fa-KHAT-a-LAV ESH le-han-TIKH

   a gathering of silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the midst of a furnace to blow upon it fire to melt it
4. sentence🔊 קְבֻ֣צַת כֶּ֡סֶף וּ֠נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֨ל וְעוֹפֶ֤רֶת וּבְדִיל֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ כּ֔וּר לָפַֽחַת־עָלָ֥יו אֵ֖שׁ לְהַנְתִּ֑יךְ כֵּ֤ן אֶקְבֹּץ֙ בְּאַפִּ֣י וּבַחֲמָתִ֔י וְהִנַּחְתִּ֥י וְהִתַּכְתִּ֖י אֶתְכֶֽם׃

   ke-vu-TSAT KE-sef u-ne-KHO-shet u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret u-ve-DIL el-TOKH KUR la-fa-KHAT-a-LAV ESH le-han-TIKH KEN e-kBOTS be-a-PI u-va-kha-ma-TI ve-hin-NAKH-ti ve-hit-TAKH-ti et-KHEM

   a gathering of silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the midst of a furnace to blow upon it fire to melt it so I will gather in my anger and in my wrath and I will set down and I will melt you {plural}

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase el-tōḵ kur {אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ כּ֔וּר | ʾel-tōḵ ḵûr} ‘into the midst of a furnace’ establishes the setting, followed by the purpose infinitive lafaḥat ʿalav esh lehanthikh {לָפַֽחַת־עָלָ֥יו אֵ֖שׁ לְהַנְתִּ֑יךְ | lā-ṯa-ḥaṯ-ʿā-lāw ēš lə-han-tîḵ} ‘to blow fire upon it to melt it’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־שׁʾ-sh

“fire”