לִּ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִּ֖י

   LI

   for me
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קְחוּ־אוֹתָ֥הּ לִּ֖י

   ke-KHU-o-TA LI

   take her for me
3. clause🔊 וְעַתָּ֕ה קְחוּ־אוֹתָ֥הּ לִּ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

   ve-a-TA ke-KHU-o-TA LI le-i-SHA

   and now take her for me as a wife
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֗עַל וַיַּגֵּד֙ לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אִשָּׁ֛ה רָאִ֥יתִי בְתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְעַתָּ֕ה קְחוּ־אוֹתָ֥הּ לִּ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

   va-YA-al va-yag-GED le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO va-yo-MER i-SHA ra-I-ti be-tim-NA-ta mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ke-KHU-o-TA LI le-i-SHA

   and he went up and he told to his father and to his mother and he said a woman I saw in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines and now take her for me as a wife

Exegesis

Finally, the volitive clause ve-atah kechuotah li leishah {וְעַתָּה קְחוּ־אוֹתָ֥הּ לִּי לְאִשָּׁה | wə·ʿattāh qəhû·ʾōṯāh lî lə·’išāh} issues an imperative to the parents with a clear purpose “for me as a wife.” English rendering shifts from Hebrew VSO order to SVO and expands the construct chain to “from among” for natural readability.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־שׁ־לmem–shin–lamed

“to rule, govern”

• 🔊 מִשְׁלָהmiš·lâproverb, ruleProverbs 1:1
• 🔊 מוֹשֶׁלmō-šēlrulerIsaiah 28:14