תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה

   ta-a-SE

   you do
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אִם־שָׁמ֨וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַ֜ע לְק֣וֹל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ וְהַיָּשָׁ֤ר בְּעֵינָיו֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְהֽ͏ַאֲזַנְתָּ֙ לְמִצְוֺתָ֔יו וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֖ כָּל־חֻקָּ֑יו

   va-yo-MER IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA le-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-ya-SHAR be-eh-NAAV ta-a-SE ve-ha-a-zan-TA le-mits-vo-TAAV ve-sha-mar-TA kol-khuk-KAAV

   {And} He said if indeed you listen to the voice of the LORD your God and what is right in his eyes you do and you give ear to his commandments and you keep all his statutes
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אִם־שָׁמ֨וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַ֜ע לְק֣וֹל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ וְהַיָּשָׁ֤ר בְּעֵינָיו֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְהֽ͏ַאֲזַנְתָּ֙ לְמִצְוֺתָ֔יו וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֖ כָּל־חֻקָּ֑יו כָּֽל־הַמּֽ͏ַחֲלָ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֤מְתִּי בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לֹא־אָשִׂ֣ים עָלֶ֔יךָ כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה רֹפְאֶֽךָ׃

   va-yo-MER IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA le-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-ya-SHAR be-eh-NAAV ta-a-SE ve-ha-a-zan-TA le-mits-vo-TAAV ve-sha-mar-TA kol-khuk-KAAV kal-ha-ma-kha-LAA a-sher-SAM-ti ve-mits-RA-yim lo-a-SEEM a-LE-kha KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH rof-E-kha

   {And} He said if indeed you listen to the voice of the LORD your God and what is right in his eyes you do and you give ear to his commandments and you keep all his statutes any disease that I placed in Egypt I will not put on you for I am the LORD your healer

Exegesis

A sequence of three coordinated imperatives—ta-a-seh {תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה | taʿ-ă-śêh} ‘you will do’, ve-ha-a-zan-ta {וְהַֽאֲזַנְתָּ֙ | wə-hă-ʾă-zan-tā} ‘you will give ear’, ve-sha-mar-ta {וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֖ | wə-šā-mar-tā} ‘you will keep’—specifies faithful response to covenant law.