לַיִשׁ֒

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לַיִשׁ֒

   LA-yish

   Laish
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒

   ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish

   {direct object} the land Laish
3. clause🔊 וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּל֮ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣שׁ בַּבָּתִּ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֵפ֣וֹד וּתְרָפִ֔ים וּפֶ֖סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה

   va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA

   and they answered five of the men the ones going to spy out {direct object} the land Laish and they said to their brothers have you known that there is in the houses these an ephod and household gods and a carved image and a metal image
4. sentence🔊 וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּל֮ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣שׁ בַּבָּתִּ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֵפ֣וֹד וּתְרָפִ֔ים וּפֶ֖סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה וְעַתָּ֖ה דְּע֥וּ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃

   va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA de-U ma-ta-a-SU

   and they answered five of the men the ones going to spy out {direct object} the land Laish and they said to their brothers have you known that there is in the houses these an ephod and household gods and a carved image and a metal image and now know what you will do

Exegesis

The interrogation hay-yĕ-da-‘tēm {הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם | hay-yĕ-da-‘tēm} “have you known” plus existential yēš {יֵ֣שׁ | yēš} with locative ba-bat-tîm hā-ʾēl-leh {בַּבָּתִּים֤ הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ | ba-bat-tîm hā-ʾēl-leh} “in these houses” introduces a catalogue of cultic objects (ʾē-p̄ôd, ṯə-rā-fîm, pe-sel, u-mas-se-kāh).