וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה

   u-le-sim-KHA

   and to rejoicing
2. clause🔊 וְסַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים נֶֽאֱסְפוּ֙ לִזְבֹּ֧חַ זֶֽבַח־גָּד֛וֹל לְדָג֥וֹן אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה

   ve-sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ne-e-se-FU liz-BO-akh ZE-vakh-ga-DOL le-da-GON e-lo-HEI-hem u-le-sim-KHA

   and the lords of the Philistines were gathered to sacrifice a sacrifice great to Dagon their god and to rejoicing
3. sentence🔊 וְסַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים נֶֽאֱסְפוּ֙ לִזְבֹּ֧חַ זֶֽבַח־גָּד֛וֹל לְדָג֥וֹן אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ נָתַ֤ן אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּיָדֵ֔נוּ אֵ֖ת שִׁמְשׁ֥וֹן אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃

   ve-sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ne-e-se-FU liz-BO-akh ZE-vakh-ga-DOL le-da-GON e-lo-HEI-hem u-le-sim-KHA va-yo-ME-ru na-TAN e-lo-HEI-nu be-ya-DE-nu ET shim-SHON o-ye-VEI-nu

   and the lords of the Philistines were gathered to sacrifice a sacrifice great to Dagon their god and to rejoicing and they said has given our god into our hand Samson our enemy

Exegesis

It is followed by two purpose clauses, lizbōaḥ {לִזְבֹּחַ | liz-bō-aḥ} ‘to sacrifice’ and û-lə-simḥāh {וּלְשִׂמְחָה | û-lə-sim-ḥāh} ‘and to rejoice,’ with the lamed prefix marking intention.