שִׁלְּחָ֧ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שִׁלְּחָ֧ם

   shil-le-KHAM

   he sent them
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י שִׁלְּחָ֧ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ

   KI shil-le-KHAM ye-ho-SHU-a

   for he sent them Joshua
3. clause🔊 וְ֠גַם כִּ֣י שִׁלְּחָ֧ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶל־אָהֳלֵיהֶ֖ם וַיְבָרֲכֵֽם׃

   ve-GAM KI shil-le-KHAM ye-ho-SHU-a el-a-ho-le-HEM va-ye-va-ra-KHEM

   and also for he sent them Joshua to their tents and he blessed them
4. sentence🔊 וְלַחֲצִ֣י שֵׁ֣בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֗ה נָתַ֣ן מֹשֶׁה֮ בַּבָּשָׁן֒ וּלְחֶצְי֗וֹ נָתַ֤ן יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ עִם־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם מֵעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן יָ֑מָּה וְ֠גַם כִּ֣י שִׁלְּחָ֧ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶל־אָהֳלֵיהֶ֖ם וַיְבָרֲכֵֽם׃

   ve-la-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH na-TAN mo-SHEH ba-ba-SHAN u-le-khets-YO na-TAN ye-ho-SHU-a im-a-KHE-hem me-E-VER ha-yar-DEN ya-MAH ve-GAM KI shil-le-KHAM ye-ho-SHU-a el-a-ho-le-HEM va-ye-va-ra-KHEM

   and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh had given Moses in Bashan and to its half had given Joshua with their brothers on the side of the Jordan toward the west and also for he sent them Joshua to their tents and he blessed them

Exegesis

The coordinating conjunction vegam {וְגַם | wə-gam} ‘and also’ links the allotment narrative to a temporal-result clause where shillecham {שִׁלְּחָם | šil-lə-ḥām} ‘he sent them’ (Piel perfect) and the waw-consecutive Piel imperfect vayvarechem {וַיְבָרֲכֵם | way-yə-ḇā-ra-ḵēm} ‘he blessed them’ form a cohesive sequence that concludes the distribution with a covenantal blessing.

Root and etymology

shin–lamed–chet🔊 ש־ל־חš-l-ḥ

“to send”

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