הַמֵּץ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַמֵּץ֙

   ham-METS

   the oppressor
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ הַמֵּץ֙

   ki-a-FES ham-METS

   for has come to an end the oppressor
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה שֹׁ֔ד תַּ֥מּוּ רֹמֵ֖ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

   ki-a-FES ham-METS ka-LA SHOD tam-MU ro-MES min-ha-A-rets

   for has come to an end the oppressor has ceased destruction have been finished the trampler from the land
4. sentence🔊 יָג֤וּרוּ בָךְ֙ נִדָּחַ֔י מוֹאָ֛ב הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר לָ֖מוֹ מִפְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹדֵ֑ד כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה שֹׁ֔ד תַּ֥מּוּ רֹמֵ֖ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

   ya-GU-ru VAKH nid-da-KHAI mo-AV he-vi-SE-ter la-MO mip-pe-NEI sho-DED ki-a-FES ham-METS ka-LA SHOD tam-MU ro-MES min-ha-A-rets

   they will sojourn in you the outcasts of Moab be a hiding place for them from before the destroyer for has come to an end the oppressor has ceased destruction have been finished the trampler from the land

Exegesis

The conjunction kî-’apēs {כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ס | kî-’apēs} ‘for has ceased’ introduces a perfect sequence: hammēṣ {הַמֵּץ֙ | hammēṣ} ‘the oppressor’ with kālāh {כָּלָה | kālāh} ‘is ended’, šōḏ {שֹׁ֔ד | šōḏ} ‘violence’ with tammū {תַּ֥מּוּ | tam-mû} ‘they have ceased’, and the participle rômēs {רֹמֵ֖ס | rômēs} ‘trampler’, completing the picture of vanquished oppression. The movement from jussives to perfects underscores both the demand for refuge and the assurance of deliverance.