נָתִֽיב׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נָתִֽיב׃

   na-TIV

   path
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב׃

   a-LE na-TIV

   upon or on path
3. clause🔊 וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב׃

   u-mal-kud-TO a-LE na-TIV

   and his trap upon or on path
4. sentence🔊 טָמ֣וּן בָּאָ֣רֶץ חַבְל֑וֹ וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב׃

   ta-MUN ba-A-rets kha-VE-lo u-mal-kud-TO a-LE na-TIV

   hidden in the earth or in the ground his rope and his trap upon or on path

Exegesis

The second colon is joined by umalkudto {וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ | ûmalqudətô} ‘and his trap’, continuing the parallel threat, and it is completed by the spatial phrase alei nativ {עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב | ʿălê nāṯîḇ} ‘upon a path’, shifting from concealment in the ground to danger positioned directly in a traveler’s way. The possessive suffixes (“his”) make the peril personal, portraying the victim as surrounded by hidden and placed means of capture.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 נ־ת־בNun–Tav–Bet

“path, track”