אֶת־נֵֽרְגַ֑ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־נֵֽרְגַ֑ל

   et-ner-GAL

   Nergal
2. clause🔊 וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י בָבֶ֗ל עָשׂוּ֙ אֶת־סֻכּ֣וֹת בְּנ֔וֹת וְאַנְשֵׁי־כ֔וּת עָשׂ֖וּ אֶת־נֵֽרְגַ֑ל

   ve-an-SHE ba-VEL a-SU et-su-KOT be-NOT ve-an-SHE-KUT a-SU et-ner-GAL

   and men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth and men of Cuth made Nergal
3. sentence🔊 וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י בָבֶ֗ל עָשׂוּ֙ אֶת־סֻכּ֣וֹת בְּנ֔וֹת וְאַנְשֵׁי־כ֔וּת עָשׂ֖וּ אֶת־נֵֽרְגַ֑ל וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י חֲמָ֖ת עָשׂ֥וּ אֶת־אֲשִׁימָֽא׃

   ve-an-SHE ba-VEL a-SU et-su-KOT be-NOT ve-an-SHE-KUT a-SU et-ner-GAL ve-an-SHE kha-MAT a-SU et-a-shi-MA

   and men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth and men of Cuth made Nergal and men of Hamath made Ashima

Exegesis

The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} (with maqqef to the following name) tightly binds the action to a specific deity-name, foregrounding the objects of worship. English can preserve the Hebrew’s emphatic repetition by keeping the recurring subject-verb pattern; the dynamic rendering uses semicolons to reflect the list-like coordination while maintaining the same threefold structure.