מֵֽאֶחָ֔יו

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מֵֽאֶחָ֔יו

   me-e-khaV

   above his brothers
2. clause🔊 לְבִלְתִּ֤י רוּם־לְבָבוֹ֙ מֵֽאֶחָ֔יו וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י ס֥וּר מִן־הַמִּצְוָ֖ה יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול

   le-vil-TI RUM-le-va-VO me-e-khaV u-le-vil-TI SUR min-ha-mits-VAH ya-MIN u-se-MOL

   so that not his heart be lifted up above his brothers and so that not turn away from the commandment to the right or to the left
3. sentence🔊 לְבִלְתִּ֤י רוּם־לְבָבוֹ֙ מֵֽאֶחָ֔יו וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י ס֥וּר מִן־הַמִּצְוָ֖ה יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול לְמַעַן֩ יַאֲרִ֨יךְ יָמִ֧ים עַל־מַמְלַכְתּ֛וֹ ה֥וּא וּבָנָ֖יו בְּקֶ֥רֶב יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   le-vil-TI RUM-le-va-VO me-e-khaV u-le-vil-TI SUR min-ha-mits-VAH ya-MIN u-se-MOL le-MA-an ya-a-RIKH ya-MIM al-mam-lakh-TO HU u-va-NAV be-KE-rev yis-ra-EL

   so that not his heart be lifted up above his brothers and so that not turn away from the commandment to the right or to the left so that he may prolong days in his kingdom he and his children among Israel

Exegesis

The verse begins with two sequential purpose clauses marked by the prepositional-negative complex le-bil-ti {לְבִלְתִּי | lə-bil-ti} ‘so that not’, the first governing the Qal infinitive construct rum-levavo {רוּם־לְבָבוֹ | rūm-lə-vā-vō} ‘to be exalted’ with its object meechav {מֵאֶחָיו | mē-ʾe-ḥāw} ‘his heart above his brothers’, the second governing the Qal infinitive construct sur {סוּר | sūr} ‘to turn aside’.