לֹֽא־תֵחַ֤ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹֽא־תֵחַ֤ד

   lo-te-KHAD

   not you will be united or joined
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹֽא־תֵחַ֤ד אִתָּם֙

   lo-te-KHAD i-TAM

   not you will be united or joined with them
3. clause🔊 לֹֽא־תֵחַ֤ד אִתָּם֙ בִּקְבוּרָ֔ה כִּֽי־אַרְצְךָ֥ שִׁחַ֖תָּ עַמְּךָ֣ הָרָ֑גְתָּ

   lo-te-KHAD i-TAM bik-vu-RA ki-AR-tse-kha shi-KHAT-ta am-ME-kha ha-RAG-ta

   not you will be united or joined with them in burial because your land you have ruined or destroyed your people you have killed or slain
4. sentence🔊 לֹֽא־תֵחַ֤ד אִתָּם֙ בִּקְבוּרָ֔ה כִּֽי־אַרְצְךָ֥ שִׁחַ֖תָּ עַמְּךָ֣ הָרָ֑גְתָּ לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵ֥א לְעוֹלָ֖ם זֶ֥רַע מְרֵעִֽים׃

   lo-te-KHAD i-TAM bik-vu-RA ki-AR-tse-kha shi-KHAT-ta am-ME-kha ha-RAG-ta lo-yik-ka-RE le-o-LAM ZE-ra me-re-IM

   not you will be united or joined with them in burial because your land you have ruined or destroyed your people you have killed or slain not will be called for ever or for eternity seed or offspring of evildoers

Exegesis

The Hebrew opening employs the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ prefixed to the Nifal imperfect teḥad {תֵחַד | tēḥaḏ} ‘will be joined’ with the prepositional object ittam {אִתָּם | ʾittām} ‘with them’ and the noun biqqurah {בִּקְבוּרָה | biqqūrāh} ‘in burial’, indicating exclusion from interment.

The final clause repeats lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ with the Nifal imperfect yiqqare {יִקָּרֵא | yiqqārēʾ} ‘will be called’ applied to zera {זֶרַע | zērāʿ} ‘seed’ in construct with mereim {מְרֵעִים | măreʿîm} ‘evildoers’, highlighting permanent exclusion from memory. The consistent use of second person masculine singular forms establishes a direct judicial tone, and the parallel structure underscores the completeness of the judgment.

Root and etymology

ḥ-d-d🔊 ח־ד־דḥet–dalet–dalet

“to unite, join”

• 🔊 יַחַדyaḥadtogether, unionPsalm 133:1