וֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁר֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁר֙

   va-a-SHER

   and which
2. clause🔊 וֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁר֙ שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם בְּיַ֖ד עֲבָדַ֥י הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃

   va-a-SHER sha-lakh-TI a-le-KHEM be-YAD a-va-DAY han-ne-vi-IM

   and which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֣עַד יְהוָ֡ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל וּבִיהוּדָ֡ה בְּיַד֩ כָּל־נביאו נְבִיאֵ֨י כָל־חֹזֶ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר שֻׁ֜֠בוּ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֤ם הָֽרָעִים֙ וְשִׁמְרוּ֙ מִצְוֺתַ֣י חֻקּוֹתַ֔י כְּכָ֨ל־הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתִי אֶת־אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁר֙ שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם בְּיַ֖ד עֲבָדַ֥י הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃

   va-ya-AD ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA be-YAD KAL-ne-vi-A-v ne-vi-E khol-kho-ZE le-MOR shu-VU mi-dar-khe-KHEM ha-ra-IM ve-shim-RU mits-vo-TAY khu-kko-TAY ke-khol-ha-to-RA a-SHER tsi-vi-TI et-a-vo-te-KHEM va-a-SHER sha-lakh-TI a-le-KHEM be-YAD a-va-DAY han-ne-vi-IM

   and he warned or testified the LORD in Israel and in Judah by the hand of every his prophet prophets of every seer saying turn back from your ways the evil ones and keep my commandments my statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets

Exegesis

The relative clauses kekhol-hatorah asher tsiviti et-avoteikhem and ve-asher shalakḥti aleikhem {כְּכָל־הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר צִוִּ֖יתִי אֶת־אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וַאֲשֶׁר שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם | kə-kōl-hattôrāh ’ă-šer ṣivîṯî ’et-’ā-ḇōṯê-khem wə-’ăšer šalakḥtî ’ă-lêy-khem} link past legal commands with the current prophetic commission in a chiastic structure, emphasizing continuity.