לָכֶ֔ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָכֶ֔ם

   la-KHEM

   by you or for you
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יִמָּצֵ֣א לָכֶ֔ם

   yim-ma-TSE la-KHEM

   he will be found by you or for you
3. clause🔊 יְהוָ֤ה עִמָּכֶם֙ בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶ֣ם עִמּ֔וֹ וְאִֽם־תִּדְרְשֻׁ֙הוּ֙ יִמָּצֵ֣א לָכֶ֔ם וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּ יַעֲזֹ֥ב אֶתְכֶֽם׃

   ye-ho-VAH im-ma-KHEM bi-he-yot-KHEM im-MO ve-im-tid-re-SHU-hu yim-ma-TSE la-KHEM ve-im-ta-a-ze-VU-hu ya-a-ZOV et-KHEM

   LORD with you when you are being or while you are with him and if you seek him he will be found by you or for you and if you forsake him he will forsake you
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּצֵא֮ לִפְנֵ֣י אָסָא֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ שְׁמָע֕וּנִי אָסָ֖א וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֣ה וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן יְהוָ֤ה עִמָּכֶם֙ בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶ֣ם עִמּ֔וֹ וְאִֽם־תִּדְרְשֻׁ֙הוּ֙ יִמָּצֵ֣א לָכֶ֔ם וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּ יַעֲזֹ֥ב אֶתְכֶֽם׃

   va-ye-TSE lif-NE a-SA va-yo-MER LO she-ma-U-ni a-SA ve-khol-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN ye-ho-VAH im-ma-KHEM bi-he-yot-KHEM im-MO ve-im-tid-re-SHU-hu yim-ma-TSE la-KHEM ve-im-ta-a-ze-VU-hu ya-a-ZOV et-KHEM

   and he went out before Asa and he said to him hear me Asa and all Judah and Benjamin LORD with you when you are being or while you are with him and if you seek him he will be found by you or for you and if you forsake him he will forsake you

Exegesis

Two parallel conditionals ve-im tidreshuhu yimmatse lakhem {וְאִם־תִּדְרְשֻׁהוּ יִמָּצֵא לָכֶם | wə-ʾim ṭi-drə-šū-hū yim-mā-ṣēʾ lā-ḵem} and ve-im taazvehuhu yaazov etkhem {וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻהוּ יַעֲזֹב אֶתְכֶם | wə-ʾim ṯa-ʿaz-bə-vū-hū ya-ʿă-ẓōḇ ʾet-ḵem} reinforce covenant reciprocity by linking conditional action to consequence.