וְאֶת־הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאֶת־הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹד

   ve-et-ha-e-FOD

   and {direct object} the ephod
2. clause🔊 וֽ͏ַיַּעֲל֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־הָאָרֶץ֒ בָּ֣אוּ שָׁ֔מָּה לָקְח֗וּ אֶת־הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה

   va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha

   and they went up five of the men the ones going to spy out {direct object} the land they came there they took {direct object} the carved image and {direct object} the ephod and {direct object} the household gods and {direct object} the metal image
3. sentence🔊 וֽ͏ַיַּעֲל֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־הָאָרֶץ֒ בָּ֣אוּ שָׁ֔מָּה לָקְח֗וּ אֶת־הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן נִצָּב֙ פֶּ֣תַח הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת הָאִ֔ישׁ הֶחָג֖וּר כְּלֵ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha ve-ha-ko-HEN ni-TSAV PE-takh ha-SHA-ar ve-SHESH-me-OT ha-ISH he-kha-GUR ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA

   and they went up five of the men the ones going to spy out {direct object} the land they came there they took {direct object} the carved image and {direct object} the ephod and {direct object} the household gods and {direct object} the metal image and the priest standing entrance of the gate and six hundred the man or the men the one girded implements of the war

Exegesis

The sequence of seized items is marked by the direct-object phrases et-hapesel {אֶת־הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ | ʾet-hā-pe-sel} ‘the carved image,’ et-ha’ephod {וְאֶת־הָ֣אֵפוֹד | wə-ʾet-hā-’ê-phôd} ‘the ephod,’ et-hateraphim {וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים | wə-ʾet-hā-te-rā-pîm} ‘the household gods,’ and et-hamassekah {וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה | wə-ʾet-hā-mas-sē-ḵā} ‘the cast image,’ which are rendered as a coordinated list in English.