אֵ֣יךְ תִּשְׁקֹ֔טִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה צִוָּה־לָ֑הּ אֶֽל־אַשְׁקְלֹ֛ון וְאֶל־חֹ֥וף הַיָּ֖ם שָׁ֥ם יְעָדָֽהּ׃ ס
How can you be quiet, when YHWH has commanded her? Against Ashqelon and against the seacoast, there He has appointed her.”
Morphology
- אֵיךְ (ʾekh) – Root: Interrogative; Form: Adverb; Translation: “how?”; Notes: Introduces rhetorical question.
- תִּשְׁקֹטִי (tishqoti) – Root: שׁקט; Form: Qal imperfect 2fs; Translation: “can you be quiet”; Notes: Addressed to the sword personified as feminine.
- וַיהוָה (va-YHWH) – Root: Divine name; Form: Conjunction + proper noun; Translation: “and YHWH”; Notes: Subject of the commanding action.
- צִוָּה (tsivvah) – Root: צוה; Form: Piel perfect 3ms; Translation: “has commanded”; Notes: Indicates YHWH’s direct decree.
- לָהּ (lah) – Root: לה; Form: Preposition + 3fs suffix; Translation: “her”; Notes: Refers to the sword as feminine.
- אֶל־אַשְׁקְלֹון (el-Ashqelon) – Root: Proper noun; Form: Preposition + proper place name; Translation: “against Ashqelon”; Notes: One of the principal cities of the Pelishtim.
- וְאֶל־חֹוף (ve-el-ḥof) – Root: חוף; Form: Conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular; Translation: “and against the coast”; Notes: Refers to the seashore of Philistia.
- הַיָּם (ha-yam) – Root: ים; Form: Definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “the sea”; Notes: Mediterranean seacoast.
- שָׁם (sham) – Root: שם; Form: Adverb; Translation: “there”; Notes: Locative adverb stressing appointment in a specific place.
- יְעָדָהּ (yeʿadah) – Root: יעד; Form: Qal perfect 3ms + 3fs suffix; Translation: “he has appointed her”; Notes: Refers to YHWH assigning the sword its target.