אֵ֣שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵ֣שׁ

   ESH

   fire
2. clause🔊 לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא־נֻפָּ֑ח

   lits-pe-u-NA-v te-okh-le-HU ESH LO-nup-PA-akh

   for his stored-up things or his treasures it will eat him up or devour him fire not blown on or not fanned
3. sentence🔊 כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ טָמ֢וּן לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא־נֻפָּ֑ח יֵ֖רַע שָׂרִ֣יד בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃

   KOL-KHO-shekh ta-MUN lits-pe-u-NA-v te-okh-le-HU ESH LO-nup-PA-akh ye-RA sa-RID be-o-ho-LO

   all darkness hidden for his stored-up things or his treasures it will eat him up or devour him fire not blown on or not fanned it will do evil or it will harm a survivor or what remains in his tent

Exegesis

The clause teakhlehu {תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ | təʾāḵəlēhû} ‘it will consume him’ uses verb-first order, with the subject supplied afterward by apposition: esh {אֵ֣שׁ | ʾēš} ‘fire,’ heightened by the descriptor lo-nuppakh {לֹֽא־נֻפָּ֑ח | lō-nuppāḥ} ‘not blown,’ portraying an unassisted, inexorable burning rather than a human-managed flame.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ר־א־שׁResh–Aleph–Shin

“head, top”

• 🔊 רֵאשִׁיתreshitbeginningGenesis 1:1