אוּלַ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אוּלַ֤י

   u-LAI

   perhaps
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אוּלַ֤י יְפֻתֶּה֙

   u-LAI ye-fu-TE

   perhaps he will be enticed or he will be deceived
3. clause🔊 אוּלַ֤י יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְנ֣וּכְלָה ל֔וֹ וְנִקְחָ֥ה נִקְמָתֵ֖נוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

   u-LAI ye-fu-TE ve-nu-kh-LA LO ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu mi-ME-nu

   perhaps he will be enticed or he will be deceived and we can prevail against him or to him and we will take our vengeance from him
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֜עְתִּי דִּבַּ֣ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֣וֹר מִסָּבִיב֒ הַגִּ֙ידוּ֙ וְנַגִּידֶ֔נּוּ כֹּ֚ל אֱנ֣וֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמִ֔י שֹׁמְרֵ֖י צַלְעִ֑י אוּלַ֤י יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְנ֣וּכְלָה ל֔וֹ וְנִקְחָ֥ה נִקְמָתֵ֖נוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

   KI sha-MA-e-ti di-BAT ra-BIM ma-GOR mi-sa-VIV ha-GI-du ve-na-gi-DE-nu KOL e-NOSH she-lo-MI sho-me-RE tsal-E u-LAI ye-fu-TE ve-nu-kh-LA LO ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu mi-ME-nu

   for or because I heard report of or whispering of many terror from all around announce and let us announce him or it all or every man or person of my peace, my friend watching, guarding my limping, my stumbling perhaps he will be enticed or he will be deceived and we can prevail against him or to him and we will take our vengeance from him

Exegesis

venikcha {אוּלַי יְפֻתֶּה…וְנ֣וּכְלָה…וְנִקְחָ֥ה | ʾû-lay yə-phut-teh…wə-nûḵ-lā(h)…wə-niq-ḥāh} ‘perhaps he will be enticed… and we will prevail… and let us take’ creates a progression from enticement to conquest to vengeance, heightening dramatic tension.