לִבְנֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִבְנֵ֥י

   liv-NE

   to the sons of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לִבְנֵ֥י עַמָּֽהּ׃

   liv-NE a-MA

   to the sons of her people
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַיַּגֶּד־לָהּ֙ כִּ֣י הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ וַתַּגֵּ֥ד הַחִידָ֖ה לִבְנֵ֥י עַמָּֽהּ׃

   va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yag-GED-la KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu va-tag-GED ha-khi-DA liv-NE a-MA

   and it was on the day the seventh and he told her because or that she pressed him hard and she told the riddle to the sons of her people
4. sentence🔊 וַתֵּ֤בְךְּ עָלָיו֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה וַיְהִ֣י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַיַּגֶּד־לָהּ֙ כִּ֣י הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ וַתַּגֵּ֥ד הַחִידָ֖ה לִבְנֵ֥י עַמָּֽהּ׃

   va-TEV-k a-LAV shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM ha-mish-TE va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yag-GED-la KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu va-tag-GED ha-khi-DA liv-NE a-MA

   and she wept over him seven of the days which was to them or for them the feast and it was on the day the seventh and he told her because or that she pressed him hard and she told the riddle to the sons of her people

Exegesis

The causative hetsikathu {הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ | hĕ-ṣî-qat-tə-hû} ‘she distressed him’ conveys her agency, while vayagged-lah {וַיַּגֶּד־לָהּ | way-yag-gēd-lāh} ‘and he told her’ and vatagged {וַתַּגֵּ֥ד | wat-tag-gēḏ} ‘and she told’ advance the action, with livnei ammah {לִבְנֵי עַמָּהּ | li-vnē ʿam-māh} ‘to the sons of her people’ specifying the recipients. English maintains Hebrew clause order and temporal markers to reflect causation and emphasis.