וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י

   u-vish-TEI

   and with two of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּז֔וֹת

   u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT

   and with two of the doorposts
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮ עַד־חֲצִ֣י הַלַּיְלָה֒ וַיָּ֣קָם בַּחֲצִ֣י הַלַּ֗יְלָה וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞ז בְּדַלְת֤וֹת שַֽׁעַר־הָעִיר֙ וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּז֔וֹת וַיִּסָּעֵם֙ עִֽם־הַבְּרִ֔יחַ וַיָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־כְּתֵפָ֑יו

   va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV

   and he lay down Samson until half of the night and he rose at half of the night and he seized the doors of the gate of the city and with two of the doorposts and he pulled them up with the bar and he put upon his shoulders
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮ עַד־חֲצִ֣י הַלַּיְלָה֒ וַיָּ֣קָם בַּחֲצִ֣י הַלַּ֗יְלָה וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞ז בְּדַלְת֤וֹת שַֽׁעַר־הָעִיר֙ וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּז֔וֹת וַיִּסָּעֵם֙ עִֽם־הַבְּרִ֔יחַ וַיָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־כְּתֵפָ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲלֵם֙ אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חֶבְרֽוֹן׃

   va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV va-ya-a-LEM el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI khev-RON

   and he lay down Samson until half of the night and he rose at half of the night and he seized the doors of the gate of the city and with two of the doorposts and he pulled them up with the bar and he put upon his shoulders and he brought them up to the top of the hill which before Hebron

Exegesis

The construct be-daltōṯ ša‘ar-hā’îr {בְּדַלְת֤וֹת שַׁעַר־הָעִיר | be-daltōṯ ša‘ar-hā’îr} “doors of the city gate” precisely names the elements removed, while the dual û-vištey hammezûzôt {וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּז֔וֹת | û-vištey hammezûzôt} “in two doorposts,” plus the prepositional phrase ʿim-habbərîaḥ {עִֽם־הַבְּרִ֔יחַ | ʿim-habbərîaḥ} “with the bolt,” complete the object.