לֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֣א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א יְדַעְתָּ֑ם

   LO ye-da-TA-m

   not you have known
3. clause🔊 נֵֽלְכָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֣א יְדַעְתָּ֑ם

   ne-le-KHA a-cha-REI e-lo-HIM a-SHER LO ye-da-TA-m

   let us go after gods which not you have known
4. sentence🔊 וְבָא֙ הָא֖וֹת וְהַמּוֹפֵ֑ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֵּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יךָ לֵאמֹ֑ר נֵֽלְכָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֣א יְדַעְתָּ֑ם וְנַֽעַבְדֵּ֖ם

   ve-VA ha-OT ve-ha-mo-FET a-SHER-DI-ber e-LEI-kha lei-MOR ne-le-KHA a-cha-REI e-lo-HIM a-SHER LO ye-da-TA-m ve-na-av-DEM

   and shall come the sign or the wonder that he spoke to you saying let us go after gods which not you have known and let us serve them

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase acharei elohim acherim {אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים | ʾaḥărê ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm} ‘after other gods’ marks idolatrous pursuit, further specified by the negative relative clause asher lo yedatam {אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְדַעְתָּם | ʾăšer lōʾ yᵊḏaʿ-tām} ‘which you have not known’, emphasizing forbidden novelty. The syntax preserves Hebrew clause order, maintaining the conditional protasis and the transition to direct speech without reordering.