אָמ֣וּת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָמ֣וּת

   a-MUT

   shall I die
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אָמ֣וּת בַּצָּמָ֔א

   a-MUT ba-tsa-MA

   shall I die in the thirst
3. clause🔊 וְעַתָּה֙ אָמ֣וּת בַּצָּמָ֔א וְנָפַלְתִּ֖י בְּיַ֥ד הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃

   ve-a-TA a-MUT ba-tsa-MA ve-na-fal-TI be-YAD ha-a-re-LIM

   and now shall I die in the thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised {ones}
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּצְמָא֮ מְאֹד֒ וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶל־יְהוָה֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר אַתָּה֙ נָתַ֣תָּ בְיַֽד־עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶת־הַתְּשׁוּעָ֥ה הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את וְעַתָּה֙ אָמ֣וּת בַּצָּמָ֔א וְנָפַלְתִּ֖י בְּיַ֥ד הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃

   va-yits-MA me-OD va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR a-TA na-TAT-ta be-yad-av-de-KHA et-ha-te-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT ve-a-TA a-MUT ba-tsa-MA ve-na-fal-TI be-YAD ha-a-re-LIM

   and he was thirsty very and he called to the LORD and he said you you gave by the hand of your servant {direct object} the salvation the great this and now shall I die in the thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised {ones}

Exegesis

Finally, the juxtaposition of first-person expressions—‘I shall die of thirst’ (ʾā-mûṭ ba-ṣ-ṣā-māʾ {אָמוּת בַּצָּמָא | ʾā-mûṭ ba-ṣ-ṣā-māʾ}) and ‘I fell into the hand of the uncircumcised’ (wə-nā-phal-tī bə-yad ha-ʿa-rē-lîm {וְנָפַלְתִּ֖י בְּיַ֥ד הָעֲרֵלִֽים | wə-nā-phal-tī bə-yad ha-ʿa-rē-lîm})—forms a chiastic intensity preserved as a single rhetorical question in English.