לַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָ

   la-a-ni-YEKH-kha

   to your needy one
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְאָחִ֧יךָ לַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָ

   le-a-KHI-kha la-a-ni-YEKH-kha

   to your brother to your needy one
3. clause🔊 עַל־כֵּ֞ן אָנֹכִ֤י מְצַוְּךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר פָּ֠תֹחַ תִּפְתַּ֨ח אֶת־יָדְךָ֜ לְאָחִ֧יךָ לַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָ וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ בְּאַרְצֶֽךָ׃

   al-KEN a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA le-MOR pa-TO-akh tif-TACH et-YAD-kha le-a-KHI-kha la-a-ni-YEKH-kha u-le-ev-YON-kha be-ar-TSE-kha

   therefore I am commanding you saying open wide you shall open your hand to your brother to your needy one and to your poor one in your land
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֛י לֹא־יֶחְדַּ֥ל אֶבְי֖וֹן מִקֶּ֣רֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ עַל־כֵּ֞ן אָנֹכִ֤י מְצַוְּךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר פָּ֠תֹחַ תִּפְתַּ֨ח אֶת־יָדְךָ֜ לְאָחִ֧יךָ לַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָ וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ בְּאַרְצֶֽךָ׃

   KI LO-yekh-DAL ev-YON mi-KE-rev ha-A-retz al-KEN a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA le-MOR pa-TO-akh tif-TACH et-YAD-kha le-a-KHI-kha la-a-ni-YEKH-kha u-le-ev-YON-kha be-ar-TSE-kha

   for will never cease a poor person from within the land therefore I am commanding you saying open wide you shall open your hand to your brother to your needy one and to your poor one in your land

Exegesis

The sequence of beneficiaries lĕʾāḥîḵā {לְאָחִיךָ | lĕʾāḥîḵā}, laʿăniyyêḵā {לַעֲנִיֶּךָ | laʿăniyyêḵā}, ūleʾăvyyônḵā {וּלְאֶבְיוֹנְךָ | ūleʾăvyyônḵā} in bĕʾǎrṣĕךָ {בְּאַרְצֶךָ | bĕʾǎrṣĕךָ} ‘in your land’ delineates the scope of the commanded generosity. The English renderings preserve these syntactic emphases to convey the perpetual social obligation and direct exhortation.