וְלֹֽא־הִגִּ֣יד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹֽא־הִגִּ֣יד

   ve-LO-hi-GID

   and he did not tell
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹֽא־הִגִּ֣יד לָהֶ֔ם

   ve-LO-hi-GID la-HEM

   and he did not tell to them
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־הִגִּ֣יד לָהֶ֔ם כִּ֛י מִגְּוִיַּ֥ת הָאַרְיֵ֖ה רָדָ֥ה הַדְּבָֽשׁ׃

   ve-LO-hi-GID la-HEM KI mig-ge-vi-YAT ha-ar-YE ra-DA ha-de-VASH

   and he did not tell to them that from the carcass of the lion he scraped out the honey
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּ אֶל־כַּפָּ֗יו וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הָלוֹךְ֙ וְאָכֹ֔ל וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶל־אִמּ֔וֹ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ וְלֹֽא־הִגִּ֣יד לָהֶ֔ם כִּ֛י מִגְּוִיַּ֥ת הָאַרְיֵ֖ה רָדָ֥ה הַדְּבָֽשׁ׃

   va-yir-DE-hu el-kha-PAV va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH ve-a-KHOL va-YE-lekh el-a-VIV ve-el-im-MO va-yit-TEN la-HEM va-yo-KHE-lu ve-LO-hi-GID la-HEM KI mig-ge-vi-YAT ha-ar-YE ra-DA ha-de-VASH

   and he scraped it out into his palms and he went going and eating and he went to his father and to his mother and he gave to them and they ate and he did not tell to them that from the carcass of the lion he scraped out the honey

Exegesis

The negated Hiphil form wəlō-higgīd {וְלֹא־הִגִּיד | wəlō-higgīd} ‘and he did not tell’ creates suspense.

Root and etymology

y-d🔊 yod–dalet

“hand, strength”