הָיָ֣ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הָיָ֣ה

   ha-YA

   has become or was
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֫י הָיָ֣ה לִבִּ֗י

   KAL-a-tsmo-TAI ha-YA li-BI

   all my bones has become or was my heart
3. clause🔊 וְהִתְפָּֽרְד֗וּ כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֫י הָיָ֣ה לִבִּ֗י כַּדּוֹנָ֫ג נָמֵ֥ בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָֽי׃

   ve-hit-par-DU KAL-a-tsmo-TAI ha-YA li-BI ka-do-NAG na-MES be-TOKH me-AI

   and they are separated all my bones has become or was my heart like wax is melted within my inward parts
4. sentence🔊 כַּמַּ֥יִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּ֑י וְהִתְפָּֽרְד֗וּ כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֫י הָיָ֣ה לִבִּ֗י כַּדּוֹנָ֫ג נָמֵ֥ בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָֽי׃

   ka-MA-yim nish-pa-KHET-ti ve-hit-par-DU KAL-a-tsmo-TAI ha-YA li-BI ka-do-NAG na-MES be-TOKH me-AI

   like water I am poured out and they are separated all my bones has become or was my heart like wax is melted within my inward parts

Exegesis

The parallel clause hayah libbi {הָיָה לִבִּי | hā-yāh lib-bî} ‘my heart was’ introduces kadonag {כַּדּוֹנָג | ka-dō-nāg} ‘like wax’ in a comparative construction, which shifts focus to emotional frailty, and names {נָמֵס | nā-mēs} ‘it is melted’ combined with betokh {בְּתוֹךְ | bə-tōḵ} ‘within’ and meai {מֵעָי | mē-ʿāy} ‘my inward parts’ returns to passive Niphal to underline utter defeat. The parallel verb stems and coordinated clauses reinforce the theme of total dissolution.