וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י

   u-fo-re-SE

   and {the} ones spreading
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת

   u-fo-re-SE mikh-mo-RET

   and {the} ones spreading {a} net
3. clause🔊 וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֖יִם אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃

   u-fo-re-SE mikh-mo-RET al-pe-NE-ma-YIM um-la-LU

   and {the} ones spreading {a} net upon {the} face of water they will languish
4. sentence🔊 וְאָנוּ֙ הַדַּיָּגִ֔ים וְאָ֣בְל֔וּ כָּל־מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י בַיְא֖וֹר חַכָּ֑ה וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֖יִם אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃

   ve-A-nu ha-dai-ya-GIM ve-av-LU kal-ma-shli-KHE va-ye-OR KHA-ka u-fo-re-SE mikh-mo-RET al-pe-NE-ma-YIM um-la-LU

   and they will lament the fishermen and they will mourn all {the} ones casting in the Nile {a} hook and {the} ones spreading {a} net upon {the} face of water they will languish

Exegesis

Each construct participle clause—mashlikhei ba-ya-or khakah {מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י בַיְא֖וֹר חַכָּ֑ה | maš-lî-ḵê ba-yé-ʾôr ḥaḵ-kāh} ‘those who cast a hook in the Nile’ and u-forshei mikmoret {וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת | ū-pôr-śê miḵ-mō-rêt} ‘those who spread nets’—uses participles to express habitual fishing practices. The merismus between hook and net underscores the totality of fishing methods.