תֵּחָשֵׁ֑ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תֵּחָשֵׁ֑ב

   te-cha-SHEV

   it is considered
2. clause🔊 מִֽן־הַשִּׁיח֞וֹר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י מִצְרַ֗יִם וְעַ֨ד גְּב֤וּל עֶקְרוֹן֙ צָפ֔וֹנָה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י תֵּחָשֵׁ֑ב

   min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV

   from the Shihor which on the face of Egypt and up to the border of Ekron northward it is counted as Canaanite it is considered
3. sentence🔊 מִֽן־הַשִּׁיח֞וֹר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י מִצְרַ֗יִם וְעַ֨ד גְּב֤וּל עֶקְרוֹן֙ צָפ֔וֹנָה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י תֵּחָשֵׁ֑ב חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים הָעַזָּתִ֤י וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי֙ הָאֶשְׁקְלוֹנִ֣י הַגִּתִּ֔י וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִ֖י וְהָעַוִּֽים׃

   min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ha-a-za-TI ve-ha-ash-do-DI ha-esh-klo-NI ha-gi-TI ve-ha-ek-ro-NI ve-ha-a-VIM

   from the Shihor which on the face of Egypt and up to the border of Ekron northward it is counted as Canaanite it is considered five rulers of the Philistines of Gaza and of Ashdod of Ashkelon of Gath and of Ekron and the Avvim

Exegesis

The phrase la-kena‘ani teichashev {לַכְּנַעֲנִי תֵּחָשֵׁב | la-kə-ṇa-‘a-nî tē-ḥā-šeḇ} ‘it is reckoned to the Canaanite’ employs the Niphal imperfect to convey passive assignment.