תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה

   ta-a-SE

   do
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה

   ve-LO ta-a-SE

   and do not do
3. clause🔊 לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤ה לֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א תָֽעָבְדֵ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם

   lo-tish-ta-kha-VE le-e-lo-HEI-hem ve-LO ta-av-DEM ve-LO ta-a-SE ke-ma-a-SEI-hem

   not bow down to their gods and do not serve them and do not do as they do
4. sentence🔊 לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤ה לֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א תָֽעָבְדֵ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כִּ֤י הָרֵס֙ תְּהָ֣רְסֵ֔ם וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר תְּשַׁבֵּ֖ר מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

   lo-tish-ta-kha-VE le-e-lo-HEI-hem ve-LO ta-av-DEM ve-LO ta-a-SE ke-ma-a-SEI-hem KI ha-RES te-har-SEM ve-sha-BER te-sha-BER mat-tse-vo-TEI-hem

   not bow down to their gods and do not serve them and do not do as they do but utterly overthrow them and utterly break their pillars

Exegesis

The verse begins with a triad of prohibitions introduced by the conjunction we-lo {וְלֹא | wə-lō} ‘and not’, each governing an imperfect jussive: tishtachaveh {תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה | tīš·tə-ḥă-wāh} ‘you shall bow down’, taavdem {תָעָבְדֵם | tā-ʿā-ḇə-dēm} ‘you shall serve them’, and taaseh {תַעֲשֶׂה | ta-ʿă-śê} ‘you shall do’.