וְשָׁחֹ֣ט

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשָׁחֹ֣ט

   ve-sha-KHOT

   and slaughtering
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשָׁחֹ֣ט צֹ֔אן

   ve-sha-KHOT TSON

   and slaughtering small flock or sheep
3. clause🔊 וְהִנֵּ֣ה שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֗ה הָרֹ֤ג בָּקָר֙ וְשָׁחֹ֣ט צֹ֔אן אָכֹ֥ל בָּשָׂ֖ר וְשָׁת֣וֹת יָ֑יִן

   ve-hi-NE sa-SON ve-sim-KHA ha-ROG ba-KAR ve-sha-KHOT TSON a-KHOL ba-SAR ve-sha-TOT YA-yin

   and look rejoicing and gladness killing cattle and slaughtering small flock or sheep eating flesh and drinking wine
4. sentence🔊 וְהִנֵּ֣ה שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֗ה הָרֹ֤ג בָּקָר֙ וְשָׁחֹ֣ט צֹ֔אן אָכֹ֥ל בָּשָׂ֖ר וְשָׁת֣וֹת יָ֑יִן אָכ֣וֹל וְשָׁת֔וֹ כִּ֥י מָחָ֖ר נָמֽוּת׃

   ve-hi-NE sa-SON ve-sim-KHA ha-ROG ba-KAR ve-sha-KHOT TSON a-KHOL ba-SAR ve-sha-TOT YA-yin a-KHOL ve-sha-TO KI ma-KHAR na-MUT

   and look rejoicing and gladness killing cattle and slaughtering small flock or sheep eating flesh and drinking wine let us eat and let us drink for tomorrow we will die

Exegesis

A sequence of infinitive absolutes—harog {הָרֹג | hā-rōg} ‘killing,’ veshachot {וְשָׁחֹט | wə-ša-ḥōṭ} ‘and slaughtering,’ akhol {אָכֹל | ʾā-kōl} ‘eating,’ vesatot {וְשָׁתוֹת | wə-šā-ṯōṯ} ‘and drinking’—depicts rapid, unrestrained feast actions.