אָחֽוּדָה־נָּ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָחֽוּדָה־נָּ֥א

   a-khu-DA-na

   let me now propose
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אָחֽוּדָה־נָּ֥א לָכֶ֖ם

   a-khu-DA-na la-KHEM

   let me now propose to you
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן אָחֽוּדָה־נָּ֥א לָכֶ֖ם חִידָ֑ה

   va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON a-khu-DA-na la-KHEM khi-DA

   and he said to them Samson let me now propose to you a riddle
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן אָחֽוּדָה־נָּ֥א לָכֶ֖ם חִידָ֑ה אִם־הַגֵּ֣ד תַּגִּידוּ֩ אוֹתָ֨הּ לִ֜י שִׁבְעַ֨ת יְמֵ֤י הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ וּמְצָאתֶ֔ם וְנָתַתִּ֤י לָכֶם֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים סְדִינִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים חֲלִפֹ֥ת בְּגָדִֽים׃

   va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON a-khu-DA-na la-KHEM khi-DA im-ha-GED ta-GI-du o-TA LI shiv-AT ye-ME ham-mish-TE u-me-tsa-TEM ve-na-TAT-ti la-KHEM she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM

   and he said to them Samson let me now propose to you a riddle if telling you tell it to me seven {of} days of the feast and you find {it} out then I will give to you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes

Exegesis

The Hiphil cohortative ’ăḥduwāh-nā {אָחֽוּדָה־נָּ֥א | ’ăḥ-du-wāh-nā} conveys a polite invitation.