וּתְרָפִ֖ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּתְרָפִ֖ים

   u-te-ra-FIM

   and teraphim
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאָ֥וֶן וּתְרָפִ֖ים

   ve-A-ven u-te-ra-FIM

   and iniquity and teraphim
3. clause🔊 כִּ֤י חַטַּאת־קֶ֙סֶם֙ מֶ֔רִי וְאָ֥וֶן וּתְרָפִ֖ים הַפְצַ֑ר

   KI kha-TAAT-KE-sem ME-ri ve-A-ven u-te-ra-FIM hef-TSAR

   for rebellion sin of divination presumption and iniquity and teraphim
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֤י חַטַּאת־קֶ֙סֶם֙ מֶ֔רִי וְאָ֥וֶן וּתְרָפִ֖ים הַפְצַ֑ר יַ֗עַן מָאַ֙סְתָּ֙ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֖ מִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

   KI kha-TAAT-KE-sem ME-ri ve-A-ven u-te-ra-FIM hef-TSAR YA-an ma-AS-ta et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha mim-ME-lekh

   for rebellion sin of divination presumption and iniquity and teraphim because you have rejected the word of LORD and he has rejected you from being king

Exegesis

The construct chain chatat-kesem {חַטַּאת־קֶסֶם | ḥaṭ-ṭāṯ-qé-sem} ‘sin of divination’ is equated to meri {מֶרִי | mé-rî} ‘rebellion’, while the pairing of aven {אָוֶן | ʼā-vēn} ‘iniquity’ with the substantive ha-petsar {הַפְצַר | ha-pə-ṣar} ‘stubbornness’ echoes the inclusion of the cultic term teraphim {תְּרָפִים | tə-rā-pîm} ‘household idols’.

Root and etymology

t-r-p🔊 ת–ר–פtav–resh–pe

“household idols”