גַוֶּֽךָ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 גַוֶּֽךָ׃

   ga-VE-kha

   your back
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ׃

   a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha

   behind your back
3. clause🔊 וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ׃

   va-TE-lekh va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT le-hakh-i-SE-ni ve-o-TI hish-la-KH-TA a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha

   and you went and you made for yourself gods other and cast images to provoke me to anger and me you have thrown behind your back
4. sentence🔊 וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ׃

   va-ta-RA la-a-SOT mi-KOL a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha va-TE-lekh va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT le-hakh-i-SE-ni ve-o-TI hish-la-KH-TA a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha

   and you did evil to do more than all who were before you and you went and you made for yourself gods other and cast images to provoke me to anger and me you have thrown behind your back

Exegesis

The Hiphil infinitive lehakh‘iseni {לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי | le-ḥaḵ-‘i-se-nî} ‘to provoke me’ conveys intentional arousal of divine anger, and the sequence ve-oti hishlakhta acharei gavekha {וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ | ve-ʾo-tî hiš-la-ḵa-tā a-ḥa-rê gav-ḗ-kha} places the object me before the verb to highlight personal affront, ending with the spatial metaphor ‘behind your back’, signifying complete rejection.