וְהִכָּ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְהִכָּ֣ם

   ve-hi-KAM

   and he will strike them
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהִכָּ֣ם לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב

   ve-hi-KAM le-fi-KHE-rev

   and he will strike them by the mouth of the sword
3. clause🔊 וְהִכָּ֣ם לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב לֹֽא־יָח֣וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א יַחְמֹ֖ל וְלֹ֥א יְרַחֵֽם׃

   ve-hi-KAM le-fi-KHE-rev lo-ya-KHUS a-le-HEM ve-LO yakh-MOL ve-LO ye-ra-KHEM

   and he will strike them by the mouth of the sword he will not pity over them and not he will spare and not he will have compassion
4. sentence🔊 וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֣ן נְאֻם־יְהוָ֡ה אֶתֵּ֣ן אֶת־צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֣ה וְאֶת־עֲבָדָ֣יו וְאֶת־הָעָ֡ם וְאֶת־הַנִּשְׁאָרִים֩ בָּעִ֨יר הַזֹּ֜את מִן־הַדֶּ֣בֶר מִן־הַחֶ֣רֶב וּמִן־הָרָעָ֗ב בְּיַד֙ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וּבְיַד֙ אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְיַ֖ד מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְהִכָּ֣ם לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב לֹֽא־יָח֣וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א יַחְמֹ֖ל וְלֹ֥א יְרַחֵֽם׃

   ve-a-kha-RE-KHEN ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH e-TEN et-tsid-ki-YA-hu ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA ve-et-a-va-DAV ve-et-ha-AM ve-et-ha-ni-sha-a-RIM ba-IR ha-ZOT min-ha-DE-ver min-ha-KHE-rev u-min-ha-ra-AV be-YAD ne-vu-khad-re-TSAR ME-lekh-ba-VEL u-ve-YAD o-ye-ve-HEM u-ve-YAD me-vak-SHE naf-SHAM ve-hi-KAM le-fi-KHE-rev lo-ya-KHUS a-le-HEM ve-LO yakh-MOL ve-LO ye-ra-KHEM

   and after that declaration of the LORD I will give {direct object} Zedekiah king of Judah and {direct object} his servants and {direct object} the people and {direct object} the ones who remain in the city this from the pestilence from the sword and from the famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those seeking their life and he will strike them by the mouth of the sword he will not pity over them and not he will spare and not he will have compassion

Exegesis

The Hiphil vehikam {וְהִכָּם | wə-hik-kām} ‘and he will strike them’ intensifies the violent action, leading into the thrice-repeated negatives lo-yachus {לֹא־יָחוּס | lōʾ-yāḥûs}, ve-lo-yachmol {וְלֹא יַחְמֹל | wə-lōʾ-yaḥmōl}, ve-lo-yerachem {וְלֹא יְרַחֵֽם | wə-lōʾ-yəraḥēm} ‘he will not spare, nor will he have compassion, nor will he show mercy,’ underscoring the irrevocable nature of divine judgment.