הַזֹּ֔את

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַזֹּ֔את

   ha-ZOT

   this
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את

   ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT

   the covenant this
3. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ עַֽל־הָ֨עַמּ֜וּד וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת אֶֽת־הַבְּרִ֣ית לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה לָלֶ֜כֶת אַחַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר מִצְוֺתָ֜יו וְאֶת־עֵדְוֺתָ֤יו וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתָיו֙ בְּכָל־לֵ֣ב וּבְכָל־נֶ֔פֶשׁ לְהָקִ֗ים אֶת־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את הַכְּתֻבִ֖ים עַל־הַסֵּ֣פֶר הַזֶּ֑ה

   va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE

   and he stood the king by the pillar and he cut or made the covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all {the} heart and with all {the} soul to establish or carry out the words of the covenant this the ones written in or on the book this
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ עַֽל־הָ֨עַמּ֜וּד וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת אֶֽת־הַבְּרִ֣ית לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה לָלֶ֜כֶת אַחַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר מִצְוֺתָ֜יו וְאֶת־עֵדְוֺתָ֤יו וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתָיו֙ בְּכָל־לֵ֣ב וּבְכָל־נֶ֔פֶשׁ לְהָקִ֗ים אֶת־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את הַכְּתֻבִ֖ים עַל־הַסֵּ֣פֶר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד כָּל־הָעָ֖ם בַּבְּרִֽית׃

   va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE va-ya-a-MOD kol-ha-AM ba-be-RIT

   and he stood the king by the pillar and he cut or made the covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all {the} heart and with all {the} soul to establish or carry out the words of the covenant this the ones written in or on the book this and stood all the people in the covenant

Exegesis

The hiphil infinitive lehakim {לְהָקִים | lə-hāqîm} ‘to establish’ ties to formal ratification, while the demonstratives hazot haktevim al-hasefer hazeh {הַזֹּאת הַכְּתֻבִים עַל־הַסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה | haz-zōt hakkəṭûḇîm ’al-has-sep̄er haz-zeh} ‘these written things on this book’ highlight the scriptural text.