וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙

   ve-yag-GED-la-NU

   and let him tell to us
2. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לְאֵֽשֶׁת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ פַּתִּ֣י אֶת־אִישֵׁ֗ךְ וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִידָ֔ה פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ף אוֹתָ֛ךְ וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָבִ֖יךְ בָּאֵ֑שׁ

   va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH

   and it happened on the day the seventh and they said to the wife of Samson entice your husband and let him tell to us the riddle lest we burn you and {the} house of your father with fire
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לְאֵֽשֶׁת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ פַּתִּ֣י אֶת־אִישֵׁ֗ךְ וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִידָ֔ה פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ף אוֹתָ֛ךְ וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָבִ֖יךְ בָּאֵ֑שׁ הַלְיָרְשֵׁ֕נוּ קְרָאתֶ֥ם לָ֖נוּ הֲלֹֽא׃

   va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH hal-ya-re-SHE-nu ke-ra-TEM la-NU ha-LO

   and it happened on the day the seventh and they said to the wife of Samson entice your husband and let him tell to us the riddle lest we burn you and {the} house of your father with fire to dispossess us you have called to us is it not?

Exegesis

The Piel imperative pati {פַּתִּי | paṭ-ṭî} ‘entice’ intensifies the demand, while the Hif‘il imperfect veyagged {וְיַגֶּד | wə-ya-ggēd} ‘let him tell’ conveys causation.