נְטוּשָׁ֗ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נְטוּשָׁ֗ה

   ne-tu-SHA

   drawn or unsheathed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִפְּנֵ֣י חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה

   mip-NE KHE-rev ne-tu-SHA

   from the face of or because of a sword drawn or unsheathed
3. clause🔊 מִפְּנֵ֣י חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃

   mip-NE KHE-rev ne-tu-SHA u-mip-NE KE-shet de-ru-KHA u-mip-NE KO-ved mil-kha-MA

   from the face of or because of a sword drawn or unsheathed and from the face of or and because of a bow bent or drawn and from the face of or and because of the heaviness or the weight of battle or of war
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת נָדָ֑דוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃

   KI-mip-ne kha-ra-VOT na-da-DU mip-NE KHE-rev ne-tu-SHA u-mip-NE KE-shet de-ru-KHA u-mip-NE KO-ved mil-kha-MA

   for from the face of or because of swords they fled or they wandered from the face of or because of a sword drawn or unsheathed and from the face of or and because of a bow bent or drawn and from the face of or and because of the heaviness or the weight of battle or of war

Exegesis

A shift from the plural noun ḥărāḇōṯ {חֲרָבוֹת | ḥărāḇōṯ} ‘swords’ to singular noun–participle pairs ḥereḇ neṭûšā {חֶרֶב נְטוּשָׁה | ḥereḇ neṭûšā} ‘drawn sword’ and qéšeṯ derûḵā {קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה | qéšeṯ derûḵā} ‘strung bow’ creates a crescendo of concrete weapon images.