לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי

   le-lakh-de-NI

   to capture me
2. clause🔊 כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ שיחה שׁוּחָה֙ לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי וּפַחִ֖ים טָמְנ֥וּ לְרַגְלָֽי׃

   ki-kha-RU si-KHA shu-KHA le-lakh-de-NI u-fa-KHIM tam-NU le-rag-LAI

   for they dug a pit a pit to capture me and traps they hid for my feet
3. sentence🔊 תִּשָּׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־תָבִ֧יא עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם גְּד֖וּד פִּתְאֹ֑ם כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ שיחה שׁוּחָה֙ לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי וּפַחִ֖ים טָמְנ֥וּ לְרַגְלָֽי׃

   tish-sha-MA ze-a-KA mib-ba-te-HEM ki-ta-VI a-le-HEM ge-DUD pit-e-OM ki-kha-RU si-KHA shu-KHA le-lakh-de-NI u-fa-KHIM tam-NU le-rag-LAI

   may it be heard a cry from their houses for you bring upon them a raiding band suddenly for they dug a pit a pit to capture me and traps they hid for my feet

Exegesis

The nouns shucha {שׁוּחָה֙ | šû-ḥāh} ‘pit’ and upakhim {וּפַחִ֖ים | û-pā-ḥîm} ‘snares’ are instruments of entrapment, each linked to purpose by the infinitive lelakhdeni {לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי | lə-lā-ḵdê-nî} ‘to catch me’ and the prepositional phrase leraglai {לְרַגְלָֽי | lə-ra-ḡlāy} ‘for my feet’. The sequence of perfect verbs followed by purpose clauses underscores the certainty and deliberation of the enemy’s schemes.