ע֖וֹד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ע֖וֹד

   OD

   again or any more
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹֽא־יִטַּמְּא֥וּ ע֖וֹד

   ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u OD

   and not they may defile themselves again or any more
3. clause🔊 לְ֠מַען לֹֽא־יִתְע֨וּ ע֤וֹד בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔י וְלֹֽא־יִטַּמְּא֥וּ ע֖וֹד בְּכָל־פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֑ם

   le-MA-an lo-yit-E-u OD BEIT-yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RAI ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u OD be-khol-pish-e-HEM

   in order that not they may wander again or any more the house of Israel from after me and not they may defile themselves again or any more with all their transgressions
4. sentence🔊 לְ֠מַען לֹֽא־יִתְע֨וּ ע֤וֹד בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔י וְלֹֽא־יִטַּמְּא֥וּ ע֖וֹד בְּכָל־פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָ֥יוּ לִ֣י לְעָ֗ם וַֽאֲנִי֙ אֶהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

   le-MA-an lo-yit-E-u OD BEIT-yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RAI ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u OD be-khol-pish-e-HEM ve-ha-YU LI le-AM va-a-NI e-he-YE la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

   in order that not they may wander again or any more the house of Israel from after me and not they may defile themselves again or any more with all their transgressions and they shall be to me for a people and I I will be to them for God utterance of Lord LORD

Exegesis

The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} and repeated ʿod {עוֹד | ʿōḏ} ‘again’ form a strong prohibition against future apostasy.