כְּהִתָּע֥וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כְּהִתָּע֥וֹת

   ke-hit-ta-OT

   as the going astray of or like the staggering of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כְּהִתָּע֥וֹת שִׁכּ֖וֹר

   ke-hit-ta-OT shi-KOR

   as the going astray of or like the staggering of a drunkard
3. clause🔊 וְהִתְע֤וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּכָֽל־מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ כְּהִתָּע֥וֹת שִׁכּ֖וֹר בְּקִיאֽוֹ׃

   ve-hit-E-U et-mits-ra-YIM be-khol-ma-a-SE-hu ke-hit-ta-OT shi-KOR be-ki-O

   and they have led astray or made wander Egypt in all his deeds as the going astray of or like the staggering of a drunkard in his vomit
4. sentence🔊 יְהוָ֛ה מָסַ֥ךְ בְּקִרְבָּ֖הּ ר֣וּחַ עִוְעִ֑ים וְהִתְע֤וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּכָֽל־מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ כְּהִתָּע֥וֹת שִׁכּ֖וֹר בְּקִיאֽוֹ׃

   ye-ho-VAH ma-SAKH be-kir-BA RU-akh i-ve-IM ve-hit-E-U et-mits-ra-YIM be-khol-ma-a-SE-hu ke-hit-ta-OT shi-KOR be-ki-O

   LORD has poured or has mixed within her a spirit or wind of confusion or of distortion and they have led astray or made wander Egypt in all his deeds as the going astray of or like the staggering of a drunkard in his vomit

Exegesis

The final simile kehittaot shikor beqio {כְּהִתְע֥וֹת שִׁכּ֖וֹר בְּקִיאֽוֹ | kə-hiṯ-tā‘ôt ši-kôr bə-qî-’ō} ‘like a drunkard staggering in his vomit’ uses a Hifil infinitive construct to illustrate disorientation and degradation.