בְּפִ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּפִ֥י

   be-FI

   in the mouth of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּפִ֥י אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃

   be-FI am-takh-TO

   in the mouth of his sack
3. clause🔊 וְשִׂ֥ים כֶּֽסֶף־אִ֖ישׁ בְּפִ֥י אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃

   ve-SIM ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO

   put money of each man in the mouth of his sack
4. sentence🔊 וַיְצַ֞ו אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־בֵּיתוֹ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ מַלֵּ֞א אֶת־אַמְתְּחֹ֤ת הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ אֹ֔כֶל כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יוּכְל֖וּן שְׂאֵ֑ת וְשִׂ֥ים כֶּֽסֶף־אִ֖ישׁ בְּפִ֥י אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃

   va-ye-TSAV et-a-SHER al-bei-TO le-MOR mal-LE et-am-te-KHOT ha-a-na-SHIM O-khel ka-a-SHER yukh-LUN se-ET ve-SIM ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO

   {And} He commanded the one who was over his house saying fill the sacks of the men with food as much as they can carry put money of each man in the mouth of his sack

Exegesis

The second imperative wəśîm {וְשִׂים | wəśîm} with a distributive construct keseph-ʾîš {כֶּסֶף־אִישׁ | kēsep̄-ʾîš} and the idiom befi ʾamtáḥtô {בְּפִי אַמְתַּחְתּוֹ | bəpî ʾamtáḥtô} (“mouth of his sack”) is rendered by an English idiom shift (“top of his bag”) for clarity, preserving the distributive force and sequence of commands.