פֶּ֣סֶל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 פֶּ֣סֶל

   PE-sel

   a carved image
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 פֶּ֣סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה

   PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA

   a carved image and a cast image
3. clause🔊 וַתִּקַּ֣ח אִמּוֹ֩ מָאתַ֨יִם כֶּ֜סֶף וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ לַצּוֹרֵ֗ף וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ פֶּ֣סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה וַיְהִ֖י בְּבֵ֥ית מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃

   va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu

   and she took his mother two hundred silver and she gave it to the metalworker and he made it a carved image and a cast image and it was in the house of Micah
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֥שֶׁב אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַתִּקַּ֣ח אִמּוֹ֩ מָאתַ֨יִם כֶּ֜סֶף וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ לַצּוֹרֵ֗ף וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ פֶּ֣סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה וַיְהִ֖י בְּבֵ֥ית מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃

   va-ya-SHEV et-ha-KE-sef le-im-MO va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu

   and he returned {direct object} the silver to his mother and she took his mother two hundred silver and she gave it to the metalworker and he made it a carved image and a cast image and it was in the house of Micah

Exegesis

The construct phrase beveit Mikhayehu {בְּבֵ֥ית מִיכָֽיְהוּ | bᵉwêt mīḵāʾyāhû} situates the resulting peśel {פֶּ֣סֶל | peśel} and umassekha {וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה | umasseḵāh} within Micah’s household, highlighting both carved and molten cultic forms.

Root and etymology

פ־ס־ל🔊 p-s-l

“to carve, engrave”