חָפֵ֨ץ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חָפֵ֨ץ

   kha-FETS

   had desired
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙

   LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu

   if had desired the LORD to put us to death
3. clause🔊 וַתֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙ עֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הֶרְאָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה

   va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le

   and she said to him his wife if had desired the LORD to put us to death he would not have taken from our hand a burnt offering and a grain offering and not he would have shown us all these
4. sentence🔊 וַתֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙ עֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הֶרְאָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְכָעֵ֕ת לֹ֥א הִשְׁמִיעָ֖נוּ כָּזֹֽאת׃

   va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le ve-kha-ET LO hish-mi-A-nu ka-ZOT

   and she said to him his wife if had desired the LORD to put us to death he would not have taken from our hand a burnt offering and a grain offering and not he would have shown us all these and at this time not he would have caused us to hear such a thing as this

Exegesis

The conditional lu {לוּ | lū} paired with the perfect chafetz {חָפֵץ | ḥā-pêṣ} “he desired” establishes a counterfactual protasis, followed by the Hiphil infinitive construct lahamitenu {לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ | la-hă-mî-ṯê-nû} “to put us to death,” expressing purpose.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־פ־ץḥ-p-ṣ

“to desire”

• 🔊 חֵפֶץḥê-pheṣdelightIsaiah 53:10