וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד

   u-le-mis-PED

   and to mourning
2. clause🔊 לִבְכִי֙ וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר שָֽׂק׃

   liv-KHI u-le-mis-PED u-le-kar-KHA ve-la-kha-GOR SAK

   to weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding sackcloth
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא לִבְכִי֙ וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר שָֽׂק׃

   va-yik-RA a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI tse-va-OT ba-YOM ha-HU liv-KHI u-le-mis-PED u-le-kar-KHA ve-la-kha-GOR SAK

   and he called Lord LORD of hosts in the day that to weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding sackcloth

Exegesis

A sequence of parallel constructs (libkhi {לִבְכִי | libəḵî} ‘for weeping’, ule-misped {וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד | ūlə-mispēḏ} ‘for mourning’, ule-qarha {וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה | ūlə-qārḥāh} ‘for baldness’, vele-hagor {וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר | wələ-ḥăḡōr} ‘for girding’) intensifies the expression of grief and mirrors the solemn tone. English rendering preserves the series by using infinitives after “summoned you” while reflecting the Hebrew prepositional focus.