לְתִתְּךָ֖

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְתִתְּךָ֖

   le-tit-te-KHA

   to give you
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣ יָרַ֔דְנוּ לְתִתְּךָ֖ בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים

   va-yo-me-RU LO le-e-sar-KHA ya-RAD-nu le-tit-te-KHA be-YAD-pe-li-SHET-tim

   and they said to him to bind you we have come down to give you into the hand of Philistines
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣ יָרַ֔דְנוּ לְתִתְּךָ֖ בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הִשָּׁבְע֣וּ לִ֔י פֶּֽן־תִּפְגְּע֥וּן בִּ֖י אַתֶּֽם׃

   va-yo-me-RU LO le-e-sar-KHA ya-RAD-nu le-tit-te-KHA be-YAD-pe-li-SHET-tim va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-SHON hish-sha-VU LI pen-tif-ge-UN BI a-TEM

   and they said to him to bind you we have come down to give you into the hand of Philistines and he said to them Samson swear to me lest you strike against me you {yourselves}

Exegesis

The infinitive constructs le’esar-kha {לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣ | le-’ĕ-sār-kha} and le-tittekha {לְתִתְּךָ֖ | lə-tiṯ-te-kha} frame the intention to restrain and transfer Samson, while the construct chain bə-yad-pelištim {בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | bə-yaḏ-p̄e-liš-tîm} indicates placement into enemy custody.