צִוִּ֛יתִי

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 צִוִּ֛יתִי

   tsi-VI-ti

   I commanded
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֛יתִי

   a-SHER tsi-VI-ti

   whom I commanded
3. clause🔊 בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶֽׁר־הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי֮ בְּכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ הֲדָבָ֣ר דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי אֶת־אַחַד֙ שֹׁפְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֛יתִי לִרְע֥וֹת אֶת־עַמִּ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר

   be-KHOL a-sher-hit-ha-LAKH-ti be-khol-yis-ra-EL ha-da-VAR dib-BAR-ti et-a-KHAD shof-TE yis-ra-EL a-SHER tsi-VI-ti lir-OT et-am-MI le-MOR

   in all that I walked about among all Israel a word did I speak with one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people saying
4. sentence🔊 בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶֽׁר־הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי֮ בְּכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ הֲדָבָ֣ר דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי אֶת־אַחַד֙ שֹׁפְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֛יתִי לִרְע֥וֹת אֶת־עַמִּ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר לָ֛מָּה לֹא־בְנִיתֶ֥ם לִ֖י בֵּ֥ית אֲרָזִֽים׃

   be-KHOL a-sher-hit-ha-LAKH-ti be-khol-yis-ra-EL ha-da-VAR dib-BAR-ti et-a-KHAD shof-TE yis-ra-EL a-SHER tsi-VI-ti lir-OT et-am-MI le-MOR la-MA lo-ve-ni-TEM LI BET a-ra-ZIM

   in all that I walked about among all Israel a word did I speak with one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people saying why have you not built for me a house of cedars

Exegesis

The construct chain shoptei yisrael {שֹׁפְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | šōp̄ṭê yiśrāʾēl} identifies the leaders, and the relative clause asher tsiviti {אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֛יתִי | ʾăšer ṣiwwî·tî} grounds their authority in divine commission.