אֱלֹהֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֱלֹהֵ֥י

   e-lo-HE

   God of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

   e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL

   God of Israel
3. clause🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטְא֗וּ וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶחֱטִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְהַכְעִ֗י אֶת־יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃

   a-SHER kha-te-U va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-U et-yis-ra-EL le-hak-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM

   which or that they sinned and which or and that they caused to sin Israel to provoke to anger the LORD God of Israel with their idols or vanities
4. sentence🔊 אֶ֚ל כָּל־חַטֹּ֣אות בַּעְשָׁ֔א וְחַטֹּ֖אות אֵלָ֣ה בְנ֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטְא֗וּ וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶחֱטִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְהַכְעִ֗י אֶת־יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃

   EL kol-kha-to-OT ba-a-SHA ve-kha-to-OT e-LA ve-NO a-SHER kha-te-U va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-U et-yis-ra-EL le-hak-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM

   for or toward all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son which or that they sinned and which or and that they caused to sin Israel to provoke to anger the LORD God of Israel with their idols or vanities

Exegesis

The infinitive le-hach’is {לְהַכְעִיס | lə-ḥaḵ-ʼîs} ‘to provoke’ functions as a purpose clause targeting et-Yisra’el {אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʻeṯ Yiś-rā-ʼēl} ‘Israel’ and et-YHWH Elohei Yisra’el {אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʻeṯ Yə-hō-wāh ʼĕ-lō-hê Yiś-rā-ʼēl} ‘the LORD the God of Israel’, with the prepositional phrase be-havleihem {בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם | bə-hav-lê-hem} ‘with their vanities’ indicating the means of provocation. The parallel structure of sin and provocation highlights the causative relationship between human actions and divine reaction.