וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם

   u-vit-NAM

   and their womb or belly
2. clause🔊 וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם תָּכִ֥ין מִרְמָֽה׃

   u-vit-NAM ta-KHIN mir-MA

   and their womb or belly prepares or makes ready deceit or treachery
3. sentence🔊 הָרֹ֣ה עָ֭מָל וְיָלֹ‪ד אָ֑וֶן וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם תָּכִ֥ין מִרְמָֽה׃

   ha-RO a-MAL ve-ya-LOD A-ven u-vit-NAM ta-KHIN mir-MA

   pregnant or conceiving trouble or toil and giving birth iniquity or wickedness and their womb or belly prepares or makes ready deceit or treachery

Exegesis

The third clause shifts focus to the interior source: uvitnam {וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם | ū-viṭnām} ‘and in their womb’ sets up the subject, and the verb tachin {תָּכִ֥ין | tāḵîn} ‘prepares’ is third person feminine singular, agreeing with the grammatically feminine “womb,” even though “their” points back to a plural group; this alignment intensifies the idea that deception is deliberately “formed” from within.