וּבְמִצְוֺתָ֖יו

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבְמִצְוֺתָ֖יו

   u-ve-mits-vo-TAV

   and in his commandments
2. clause🔊 כִּ֠י לֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֤י אָבִיו֙ דָּרָ֔שׁ וּבְמִצְוֺתָ֖יו הָלָ֑ךְ

   KI le-lo-HE a-VIV da-RASH u-ve-mits-vo-TAV ha-LAKH

   for to the God of his father he sought and in his commandments he walked
3. sentence🔊 כִּ֠י לֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֤י אָבִיו֙ דָּרָ֔שׁ וּבְמִצְוֺתָ֖יו הָלָ֑ךְ וְלֹ֖א כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   KI le-lo-HE a-VIV da-RASH u-ve-mits-vo-TAV ha-LAKH ve-LO ke-ma-a-SE yis-ra-EL

   for to the God of his father he sought and in his commandments he walked and not according to the deed of Israel

Exegesis

The idiomatic phrase u-ve-mitzvotav halakh {וּבְמִצְוֺתָיו הָלָךְ | ū-wə-mîṣ-wō-ṯāw hā-lāḵ} ‘and in his commandments he walked’ uses motion imagery to portray ongoing obedience.