לְמַגִּידֵ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַגִּידֵ֖י

   le-ma-gi-DE

   to the tellers of
2. clause🔊 וַתִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַיֵּ֨רֶד אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן וַיַּ֥ךְ מֵהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־חֲלִ֣יצוֹתָ֔ם וַיִּתֵּן֙ הַחֲלִיפ֔וֹת לְמַגִּידֵ֖י הַחִידָ֑ה

   va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-red ash-ke-LON va-YAKH me-HEM she-lo-SHIM ISH va-yik-KAKH et-kha-li-tso-TAM va-yit-TEN ha-kha-li-FOT le-ma-gi-DE ha-khi-DA

   and rushed upon him spirit LORD and he went down to Ashkelon and he struck from them thirty man and he took the garments of them and he gave the changes of garments to the tellers of the riddle
3. sentence🔊 וַתִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַיֵּ֨רֶד אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן וַיַּ֥ךְ מֵהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־חֲלִ֣יצוֹתָ֔ם וַיִּתֵּן֙ הַחֲלִיפ֔וֹת לְמַגִּידֵ֖י הַחִידָ֑ה וַיִּ֣חַר אַפּ֔וֹ וַיַּ֖עַל בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽיהוּ׃

   va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-red ash-ke-LON va-YAKH me-HEM she-lo-SHIM ISH va-yik-KAKH et-kha-li-tso-TAM va-yit-TEN ha-kha-li-FOT le-ma-gi-DE ha-khi-DA va-yi-KHAR A-po va-ya-AL BET a-VI-hu

   and rushed upon him spirit LORD and he went down to Ashkelon and he struck from them thirty man and he took the garments of them and he gave the changes of garments to the tellers of the riddle and he burned with anger his nose or his anger and he went up house of his father

Exegesis

The participle maggidei {לְמַגִּידֵ֖י | ləmag·gidē} governs hachidah {הַחִידָ֑ה | haḥîḏāh} in a construct chain, highlighting the function of riddle interpreters. The contrast of “went down” and “went up” frames a movement from battle scene back to home, mirroring emotional escalation.

Root and etymology

y-d🔊 yod–dalet

“hand, strength”