וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ

   va-ta-a-SU

   and you made
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ לָכֶ֤ם כֹּהֲנִים֙

   va-ta-a-SU la-KHEM ko-ha-NIM

   and you made for yourselves priests
3. clause🔊 וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ לָכֶ֤ם כֹּהֲנִים֙ כְּעַמֵּ֣י הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת כָּל־הַבָּ֗א לְמַלֵּ֨א יָד֜וֹ בְּפַ֣ר בֶּן־בָּקָר֙ וְאֵילִ֣ם שִׁבְעָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה כֹהֵ֖ן לְלֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים׃

   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

   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
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 following verb vataasu {וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ | wattaʿaśû} ‘and you made’ is joined by vav to present the replacement of the legitimate priesthood as the direct consequence of the expulsion.