שָׂנֵ֑את

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׂנֵ֑את

   sa-NE-ET

   you hated
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׂנֵ֑את

   a-SHER sa-NE-ET

   whom you hated
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִי֙ נֹֽתְנָ֔ךְ בְּיַ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׂנֵ֑את

   KI KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni no-te-NAKH be-YAD a-SHER sa-NE-ET

   for thus said Lord LORD behold, I am giving you into the hand of whom you hated
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִי֙ נֹֽתְנָ֔ךְ בְּיַ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׂנֵ֑את בְּיַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ מֵהֶֽם׃

   KI KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni no-te-NAKH be-YAD a-SHER sa-NE-ET be-YAD a-sher-na-ke-A naf-SHEKH me-HEM

   for thus said Lord LORD behold, I am giving you into the hand of whom you hated into the hand of whom she was alienated from your soul from them

Exegesis

Two parallel beyad {בְּיַד | bə-yad} ‘into the hand’ phrases each introduce a relative clause: asher sanet {אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׂנֵ֑את | ʾăšer śānēʾt} ‘whom you hated’ and asher-naqah nafshekh mehem {אֲשֶׁר־נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ מֵהֶֽם | ʾăšer-nāqəʿāh nap̄šēḵ mēhem} ‘from whom your inner being recoiled from them’. The repetition and tight parallelism heighten the irony: those rejected with hostility and revulsion become the very agents into whose power she is delivered. English is kept structurally parallel (“into the hand(s) of those…” / “into the hand(s) of those…”)

Root and etymology

consonants s-n-'🔊 שׂ־נ־אSin–Nun–Aleph

“to hate”