עַמּוּדֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַמּוּדֵ֣י

   a-mu-DE

   pillars of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י עַמּוּדֵ֣י הַתָּ֗וֶךְ

   et-she-NE a-mu-DE ha-TA-vekh

   the two pillars of the middle
3. clause🔊 וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י עַמּוּדֵ֣י הַתָּ֗וֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַבַּ֙יִת֙ נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

   va-yil-POT shim-SHON et-she-NE a-mu-DE ha-TA-vekh a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM va-yis-sa-MEKH a-le-HEM

   and he grasped Samson the two pillars of the middle which the house was set up upon them and he leaned upon them
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י עַמּוּדֵ֣י הַתָּ֗וֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַבַּ֙יִת֙ נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם אֶחָ֥ד בִּימִינ֖וֹ וְאֶחָ֥ד בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃

   va-yil-POT shim-SHON et-she-NE a-mu-DE ha-TA-vekh a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM va-yis-sa-MEKH a-le-HEM e-KHAD bi-yi-mi-NO ve-e-KHAD bi-se-MO-lo

   and he grasped Samson the two pillars of the middle which the house was set up upon them and he leaned upon them one in his right hand and one in his left hand

Exegesis

Šimšōn {שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן | Šimšōn} serves as the subject performing a decisive act upon šənē ʿammūḏē hattāwēḵ {שְׁנֵ֣י עַמּוּדֵ֣י הַתָּ֗וֶךְ | šənē ʿammūḏē hattāwēḵ}, a construct phrase identifying the central support pillars.

Root and etymology

ʿ-m-d🔊 ע־מ־דayin–mem–dalet

“pillar, support”

• 🔊 עָמַדʿāmaḏto standGenesis 18:22