וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת

   u-me-kha-MAT

   and from the wrath of
2. clause🔊 וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃

   u-me-kha-MAT sha-DAI yish-TE

   and from the wrath of the Almighty let him drink
3. sentence🔊 יִרְא֣וּ עֵינָ֣יו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃

   yir-E-u e-NA-yv KI-do u-me-kha-MAT sha-DAI yish-TE

   let them see his eyes his ruin and from the wrath of the Almighty let him drink

Exegesis

The conjunction u- with the prepositional construct meḥămat {וּמֵחֲמַת | u-meḥămat} ‘and from the wrath’ transitions to the divine title Šadday {שַׁדַּי | Šadday} ‘Almighty.’ This chiastic structure intensifies the pronouncement by depicting both the vision of disaster and the tasting of divine judgment.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־חmem–chet

“marrow, core”

• 🔊 מֹחַmōaḥbrainEzekiel 37:4