פֶּ֣תַח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 פֶּ֣תַח

   PE-takh

   entrance of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 פֶּ֣תַח הַשַּׁ֔עַר

   PE-takh ha-SHA-ar

   entrance of the gate
3. clause🔊 וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן נִצָּב֙ פֶּ֣תַח הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת הָאִ֔ישׁ הֶחָג֖וּר כְּלֵ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   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 the priest standing entrance of the gate and six hundred the man or the men the one girded implements of the war
4. 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 locative phrase petach hasha’ar {פֶּ֣תַח הַשַּׁ֔עַר | pe-ṭaḥ ha-šā-‘ār} ‘entrance of the gate’ introduces the setting, and the cumulative expression ve-shesh-me’ot ha’ish hechagur kelei hamilchamah {וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת הָאִ֔ישׁ הֶחָג֖וּר כְּלֵ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָֽה | wə-šēš-me-’ôṯ hā-’îš he-ḥā-gûr kə-lē hā-mil-ḥā-mā} ‘and six hundred men armed with battle gear’ emphasizes the martial presence. English rendering smooths these participial and construct chains into clear relative clauses and noun phrases.