עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

   a-le-HEM

   upon them
2. clause🔊 וַ֠יִּזְבַּח אֶת־כָּל־כֹּהֲנֵ֨י הַבָּמ֤וֹת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם֙ עַל־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹת וַיִּשְׂרֹ֛ף אֶת־עַצְמ֥וֹת אָדָ֖ם עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

   va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM

   and he sacrificed all of the priests of the high places who were there on the altars and he burned the bones of a human or man upon them
3. sentence🔊 וַ֠יִּזְבַּח אֶת־כָּל־כֹּהֲנֵ֨י הַבָּמ֤וֹת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם֙ עַל־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹת וַיִּשְׂרֹ֛ף אֶת־עַצְמ֥וֹת אָדָ֖ם עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַיָּ֖שָׁב יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM va-ya-SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

   and he sacrificed all of the priests of the high places who were there on the altars and he burned the bones of a human or man upon them and he returned Jerusalem

Exegesis

The object phrase ʾet-ʿaṣmōṯ ʾāḏām ʿălêhem {אֶת־עַצְמוֹת אָדָם עֲלֵיהֶם | ʾet-ʿaṣmōṯ ʾāḏām ʿălêhem} uses the direct object marker and prepositional suffix to express what and where. This structure contributes to the vivid depiction of ritual destruction. The final wayyāšāv marks the return to Jerusalem, shifting the narrative focus back to the central sanctuary.