יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

   ye-VO-e-NU

   will come upon him or will come to him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

   sho-DED ye-VO-e-NU

   a destroyer or one who devastates will come upon him or will come to him
3. clause🔊 בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

   ba-sha-LOM sho-DED ye-VO-e-NU

   in peace or in well-being a destroyer or one who devastates will come upon him or will come to him
4. sentence🔊 קוֹל־פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

   KOL-pe-kha-DIM be-oz-NAIV ba-sha-LOM sho-DED ye-VO-e-NU

   sound of dreads or terrors in his ears in peace or in well-being a destroyer or one who devastates will come upon him or will come to him

Exegesis

The participle shoded {שׁוֹדֵ֥ד | šōḏēḏ} ‘destroyer’ serves as the subject, and the imperfect yevoennu {יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ | yəḇōʾennû} ‘will come upon him’ supplies the impending action, creating a sharp movement from a static description of fear to a sudden arrival of threat. English keeps the two-part structure (present state, then future intrusion) to preserve the verse’s irony and escalation.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ב־ו־אBet–Vav–Aleph

“to come”

• 🔊 יָבוֹאyavohe will comeGenesis 18:10