אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ

   a-vo-TE-nu

   our fathers
2. clause🔊 כִּֽי־גְדוֹלָ֞ה חֲמַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הִיא֙ נִצְּתָ֣ה בָ֔נוּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֜וּ אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ עַל־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַסֵּ֣פֶר הַזֶּ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת כְּכָל־הַכָּת֥וּב עָלֵֽינוּ׃

   ki-ge-do-LA kha-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-sher-hi nits-te-TA va-NU AL a-SHER lo-sha-me-U a-vo-TE-nu al-div-RE ha-SE-fer ha-ZE la-a-SOT ke-khol-ha-ka-TUV a-LE-nu

   for great is the wrath of the LORD which it has been kindled against us because of that have not listened our fathers concerning the words of the book this to do according to all the written concerning us
3. sentence🔊 לְכוּ֩ דִרְשׁ֨וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֜ה בַּעֲדִ֣י וּבְעַד־הָעָ֗ם וּבְעַד֙ כָּל־יְהוּדָ֔ה עַל־דִּבְרֵ֛י הַסֵּ֥פֶר הַנִּמְצָ֖א הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־גְדוֹלָ֞ה חֲמַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הִיא֙ נִצְּתָ֣ה בָ֔נוּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֜וּ אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ עַל־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַסֵּ֣פֶר הַזֶּ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת כְּכָל־הַכָּת֥וּב עָלֵֽינוּ׃

   le-KHU dir-SHU ET-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DI u-ve-AD-ha-AM u-ve-AD KAL-ye-hu-DA al-div-RE ha-SE-fer ha-nim-TSa ha-ZE ki-ge-do-LA kha-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-sher-hi nits-te-TA va-NU AL a-SHER lo-sha-me-U a-vo-TE-nu al-div-RE ha-SE-fer ha-ZE la-a-SOT ke-khol-ha-ka-TUV a-LE-nu

   go inquire the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah concerning the words of the book that has been found this for great is the wrath of the LORD which it has been kindled against us because of that have not listened our fathers concerning the words of the book this to do according to all the written concerning us

Exegesis

The relative clause ʾasher lo-shamau avoteinu {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁמְעוּ אֲבֹתֵינוּ | ʾă-šer lo-ša-ma-ʿû ʾā-bō-tê-nû} assigns corporate culpability to the fathers’ failure to heed covenant instruction, leading into the purpose infinitive laasot kəkol hakatav aleinu {לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכָל־הַכָּתוּב עָלֵינוּ | la-ʿă-śôṯ kə-kol ha-qā-tūv ʿā-lê-nû} “to do according to all that is written concerning us.”