הִדַּחְתֶּם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הִדַּחְתֶּם֙

   hi-dakh-TEM

   you drove away
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הֲלֹ֤א הִדַּחְתֶּם֙

   ha-LO hi-dakh-TEM

   have you not you drove away
3. clause🔊 הֲלֹ֤א הִדַּחְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם

   ha-LO hi-dakh-TEM et-KO-ha-NE ye-ho-VAH et-be-NE a-ha-RON ve-hal-vi-YIM

   have you not you drove away {direct object marker} priests of the LORD {direct object marker} sons of Aaron and the Levites
4. sentence🔊 הֲלֹ֤א הִדַּחְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ לָכֶ֤ם כֹּהֲנִים֙ כְּעַמֵּ֣י הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת כָּל־הַבָּ֗א לְמַלֵּ֨א יָד֜וֹ בְּפַ֣ר בֶּן־בָּקָר֙ וְאֵילִ֣ם שִׁבְעָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה כֹהֵ֖ן לְלֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים׃

   ha-LO hi-dakh-TEM et-KO-ha-NE ye-ho-VAH et-be-NE a-ha-RON ve-hal-vi-YIM va-ta-a-SU la-KHEM ko-ha-NIM ke-a-ME ha-a-ra-TSOT kol-ha-BA le-ma-LE ya-DO be-FAR ben-ba-KAR ve-EI-lim shiv-A ve-ha-YA ko-HEN le-LO e-lo-HIM

   have you not you drove away {direct object marker} priests of the LORD {direct object marker} sons of Aaron and the Levites and you made for yourselves priests like the peoples of the lands everyone who comes to fill {the hand}, to be ordained his hand with a bull a son of the herd, a young bull and rams seven then he becomes a priest for what is not God or gods

Exegesis

The main charge is expressed by the causative verb hiddachtem {הִדַּחְתֶּ֜ם | hiddaḥtem} ‘you drove away’, taking a series of marked objects: et-kohanei {אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵ֣י | ʾeṯ-kōhănê} ‘the priests of’ YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | YHWH}, then et-benei {אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י | ʾeṯ-bənê} ‘the sons of’ Aaron, alongside vehalviyim {וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם | wəhalwiyyim} ‘and the Levites’.