אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   et-yis-ra-EL

   {direct object marker} Israel
2. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אָבִ֔יו וּבְ֨חַטָּאת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-ye-LEKH be-DE-rekh a-VIV u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL

   and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he caused to sin {direct object marker} Israel
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אָבִ֔יו וּבְ֨חַטָּאת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH be-DE-rekh a-VIV u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL

   and he did the evil in the eyes of the LORD and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he caused to sin {direct object marker} Israel

Exegesis

The relative clause ’ăšer heḥeṭṭî {אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא | ’ăšer heḥeṭṭî} ‘which he caused to sin’ uses a hiphil verb to indicate active leading into sin, with ’et {אֶת־ | ’et} marking Yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | Yiśrāʾēl} as the object. The parallel vav clauses highlight the repetition of ancestral wrongdoing.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 י־שׁ־רYod–Shin–Resh

“to be straight”

• 🔊 מֵישָׁרִיםmêšārîmuprightnessPsalm 45:6