חִנָּ֑ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חִנָּ֑ם

   khi-NAM

   without cause
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם

   le-MI pe-TSA-EEM khi-NAM

   to whom wounds without cause
3. clause🔊 לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי לְמִ֤י מדונים מִדְיָנִ֨ים לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם

   le-MI OI le-MI a-VOI le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh le-MI pe-TSA-EEM khi-NAM

   to whom woe to whom sorrow to whom quarrels disputes to whom complaining to whom wounds without cause
4. sentence🔊 לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי לְמִ֤י מדונים מִדְיָנִ֨ים לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם לְ֝מִ֗י חַכְלִל֥וּת עֵינָֽיִם׃

   le-MI OI le-MI a-VOI le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh le-MI pe-TSA-EEM khi-NAM le-MI khakh-li-LUT e-NA-yim

   to whom woe to whom sorrow to whom quarrels disputes to whom complaining to whom wounds without cause to whom redness of eyes

Exegesis

The phrase pəṣaʿîm ḥinnām {פְּצָעִים חִנָּם | pə-ṣā-ʾîm ḥin-nām} ‘wounds without cause’ underscores senseless harm, and the construct ḥakhlîlût ’ênāyim {חַכְלִל֥וּת עֵינָֽיִם | ḥaḵ-lî-lûṯ ʾê-nā-yim} ‘redness of eyes’ conveys the physical manifestation of suffering. English translation preserves the Hebrew parallelism and cumulative cadence by grouping paired terms and maintaining the pattern of questions.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־נ־נchet–nun–nun

“gratuitously, freely”

• 🔊 חֵןḥênfavorGenesis 6:8