כַּדָּבָ֖ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כַּדָּבָ֖ר

   ka-da-VAR

   such a thing
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּן וְלֹא־יֹסִפוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָ֖ר

   yish-MU ve-yi-RA-UN ve-LO-YO-si-FU la-a-SOT ka-da-VAR

   shall hear and fear and will not continue to do such a thing
3. clause🔊 וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּן וְלֹא־יֹסִפוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָ֖ר הָרָֽע הַזֹּ֑ה

   ve-KOL-YIS-ra-EL yish-MU ve-yi-RA-UN ve-LO-YO-si-FU la-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZO

   and all Israel shall hear and fear and will not continue to do such a thing the evil as this
4. sentence🔊 וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּן וְלֹא־יֹסִפוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָ֖ר הָרָֽע הַזֹּ֑ה בְּקִרְבְּכֶם׃

   ve-KOL-YIS-ra-EL yish-MU ve-yi-RA-UN ve-LO-YO-si-FU la-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZO be-keer-be-KHEM

   and all Israel shall hear and fear and will not continue to do such a thing the evil as this among you

Exegesis

The comparative phrase kadavar hara hazeh {כַּדָּבָר הָרַע הַזֶּה | ka-ḏā-var hā-rāʿ ha-z-zeh} ‘as this evil thing’ uses kadavar as a comparative marker, while bekirbekha {בְּקִרְבְּךָ | bə-qir-bê-khā} ‘in your midst’ specifies the communal context. The vav-imperfect sequence conveys anticipated communal response, and the decisive negation in velo-yosifu underscores the absolute ban. The English translation preserves the Hebrew verb sequence, comparative structure, and locative emphasis by rendering the infinitive as a full clause and the prepositional phrase as a locative complement.