וְקָר֤וֹב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְקָר֤וֹב

   ve-ka-ROV

   and near
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְקָר֤וֹב לָבוֹא֙

   ve-ka-ROV la-VO

   and near to come
3. clause🔊 וְקָר֤וֹב לָבוֹא֙ עִתָּ֔הּ וְיָמֶ֖יהָ לֹ֥א יִמָּשֵֽׁכוּ׃

   ve-ka-ROV la-VO i-TA ve-ya-ME-ha LO yim-ma-SHE-khu

   and near to come her time and her days not they will be prolonged or drawn out
4. sentence🔊 וְעָנָ֤ה אִיִּים֙ בְּאַלְמנוֹתָ֔יו וְתַנִּ֖ים בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי עֹ֑נֶג וְקָר֤וֹב לָבוֹא֙ עִתָּ֔הּ וְיָמֶ֖יהָ לֹ֥א יִמָּשֵֽׁכוּ׃

   ve-a-NA i-YIM be-al-me-no-TAV ve-ta-NIM be-HEI-khe-LE O-neg ve-ka-ROV la-VO i-TA ve-ya-ME-ha LO yim-ma-SHE-khu

   and she will answer or cry out hyenas in his widowhoods or in his deserted places and jackals or sea monsters in palaces of delight or pleasure and near to come her time and her days not they will be prolonged or drawn out

Exegesis

The clause vekarov lavo ittah {וְקָר֤וֹב לָבוֹא עִתָּהּ | wə-qārôv lā-vōʾ ʿî-ṯā(h)} shifts to a temporal pronouncement, reinforced by veyameha lo yimmasheku {וְיָמֶ֖יהָ לֹ֥א יִמָּשֵֽׁכוּ | wə-yā-me-hā lōʾ yimmā-šē-ḵū}, creating a progression from vivid parallel imagery to an inevitable decree. The SVO order preserves the Hebrew’s poetic rhythm and emphasis.