וּבִֽיהוּדָ֔ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבִֽיהוּדָ֔ה

   u-vi-hu-DA

   and in Judah
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל וּבִֽיהוּדָ֔ה

   be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA

   in Israel and in Judah
3. clause🔊 לְכוּ֩ דִרְשׁ֨וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֜ה בַּעֲדִ֗י וּבְעַד֙ הַנִּשְׁאָר֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל וּבִֽיהוּדָ֔ה עַל־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַסֵּ֖פֶר אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א

   le-KHU dir-SHU et-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DI u-ve-AD han-nish-AR be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA al-div-RE has-SE-fer a-SHER nim-TSa

   go inquire {direct object marker} the LORD for me and for the one left, the remnant in Israel and in Judah concerning words of the book which was found
4. sentence🔊 לְכוּ֩ דִרְשׁ֨וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֜ה בַּעֲדִ֗י וּבְעַד֙ הַנִּשְׁאָר֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל וּבִֽיהוּדָ֔ה עַל־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַסֵּ֖פֶר אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א כִּֽי־גְדוֹלָ֤ה חֲמַת־יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִתְּכָ֣ה בָ֔נוּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־שָׁמְר֤וּ אֲבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת כְּכָל־הַכָּת֖וּב עַל־הַסֵּ֥פֶר הַזֶּֽה׃

   le-KHU dir-SHU et-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DI u-ve-AD han-nish-AR be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA al-div-RE has-SE-fer a-SHER nim-TSa ki-ge-do-LA kha-mat-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER nit-te-KHA VA-nu AL a-SHER lo-sha-me-RU a-vo-te-NU et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT ke-khol-hak-ka-TUV al-has-SE-fer haz-ZE

   go inquire {direct object marker} the LORD for me and for the one left, the remnant in Israel and in Judah concerning words of the book which was found for great {is} wrath of the LORD which has been poured out upon us because of that did not keep our fathers {direct object marker} word of the LORD to do according to all the written {thing} in the book this

Exegesis

Two coordinated prepositional phrases—ba’adi {בַּעֲדִי | baʿădî} ‘on my behalf’ and uve’ad hanish’ar {וּבְעַד הַנִּשְׁאָר | û-və·ʿad han-nîšʾār} ‘and on behalf of the remnant’—specify beneficiaries across Israel and Judah (beyisrael {בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-yiśrāʾēl}, uviyehudah {וּבִיהוּדָה | û-vîhūdāh}).