הִתְע֥וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הִתְע֥וּ

   hit-e-U

   they have led astray
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הִתְע֥וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם

   hit-e-U et-MITS-ra-yim

   they have led astray Egypt {direct object marker plus name}
3. clause🔊 הִתְע֥וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם פִּנַּ֥ת שְׁבָטֶֽיהָ׃

   hit-e-U et-MITS-ra-yim pin-NAT she-va-TE-ha

   they have led astray Egypt {direct object marker plus name} cornerstone of or corner of her tribes
4. sentence🔊 נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙ שָׂ֣רֵי צֹ֔עַן נִשְּׁא֖וּ שָׂ֣רֵי נֹ֑ף הִתְע֥וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם פִּנַּ֥ת שְׁבָטֶֽיהָ׃

   no-a-LU sa-RE TSO-an nish-she-U sa-RE NOF hit-e-U et-MITS-ra-yim pin-NAT she-va-TE-ha

   they have become foolish princes of Zoan they have been deceived or deluded princes of Noph they have led astray Egypt {direct object marker plus name} cornerstone of or corner of her tribes

Exegesis

The verse opens with a tricolon of perfect verbs—noalu {נֽוֹאֲלוּ | nō’ălû} ‘have acted foolishly’, nish’u {נִשְּׁאוּ | niš·ʾû} ‘have been lifted up’, and hitu {הִתְע֥וּ | hiṯ·ʿû} ‘have led astray’—each denoting a completed action that underscores the comprehensive failure of Egypt’s leadership.