שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם

   she-NE-hem

   of them both
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּפִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם

   u-FID she-NE-hem

   and the ruin of them both
3. clause🔊 וּפִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ׃

   u-FID she-NE-hem MI yo-DE-a

   and the ruin of them both who knows
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־פִ֭תְאֹם יָק֣וּם אֵידָ֑ם וּפִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ׃

   KI-fit-OM ya-KUM e-DAM u-FID she-NE-hem MI yo-DE-a

   for suddenly will arise their calamity and the ruin of them both who knows

Exegesis

The vav-prefixed noun ûp̄îḏ {וּפִיד | ûp̄îḏ} ‘and ruin’, coupled with šənêhêm {שְׁנֵיהֶם | šənêhêm} ‘of both of them’, establishes a parallel description of dual devastation.