יְרֵאִים֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְרֵאִים֙

   ye-re-IM

   fearing
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֵינָ֤ם יְרֵאִים֙

   E-nam ye-re-IM

   they are not fearing
3. clause🔊 אֵינָ֤ם יְרֵאִים֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וְאֵינָ֣ם עֹשִׂ֗ים כְּחֻקֹּתָם֙ וּכְמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם וְכַתּוֹרָ֣ה וְכַמִּצְוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֥ם שְׁמ֖וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   E-nam ye-re-IM ET-ye-ho-VAH ve-E-nam o-SIM khe-khu-ko-TAM u-khe-mish-pa-TAM ve-kha-to-RA ve-kha-mits-VA a-SHER tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH ET-be-NE ya-koV a-sher-SAM she-MO yis-ra-EL

   they are not fearing {direct object marker} the LORD and they are not doing according to their statutes and according to their judgments or rules and according to the law and according to the commandment which he commanded the LORD {direct object marker} the sons of Jacob whom he put or set his name Israel
4. sentence🔊 עַ֣ד הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ הֵ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים כַּמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים אֵינָ֤ם יְרֵאִים֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וְאֵינָ֣ם עֹשִׂ֗ים כְּחֻקֹּתָם֙ וּכְמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם וְכַתּוֹרָ֣ה וְכַמִּצְוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֥ם שְׁמ֖וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   AD ha-YOM ha-ZE HEM o-SIM ka-mish-pa-TIM ha-ri-sho-NIM E-nam ye-re-IM ET-ye-ho-VAH ve-E-nam o-SIM khe-khu-ko-TAM u-khe-mish-pa-TAM ve-kha-to-RA ve-kha-mits-VA a-SHER tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH ET-be-NE ya-koV a-sher-SAM she-MO yis-ra-EL

   until the day this they are doing according to the judgments or rules the former ones they are not fearing {direct object marker} the LORD and they are not doing according to their statutes and according to their judgments or rules and according to the law and according to the commandment which he commanded the LORD {direct object marker} the sons of Jacob whom he put or set his name Israel

Exegesis

The paired participles osim {עֹשִׂים | ʿô·sîm} ‘doing’ and yereim {יְרֵאִים | yə·rê·’îm} ‘fearing’ establish a contrast between human action and divine reverence.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־ר־אyod–resh–aleph

“to fear, revere”

• 🔊 יִרְאָהyirʼāhawe, reverenceProverbs 1:7