וְהָ֥יוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְהָ֥יוּ

   ve-ha-YU

   and they shall be
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהָ֥יוּ לִ֣י לְעָ֗ם

   ve-ha-YU LI le-AM

   and they shall be to me for a people
3. clause🔊 וְהָ֥יוּ לִ֣י לְעָ֗ם וַֽאֲנִי֙ אֶהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

   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

   and they shall be to me for a people and I I will be to them for God utterance of Lord LORD
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 construct phrase beit-yisraʾel {בֵּית־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bêt-yiś-rā-ʾēl} functions as the subject, which transitions via the covenantal formula ve-hāyū lī le-ʿām {וְהָיוּ לִי לְעָם | wə-hā-yū lī lə-ʿām} ‘and they shall be to me a people’ into the reciprocal promise ʾanī ʾehyeh lāhem le-Elohim {אֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים | ʾă-nī ʾe-hyeh lā-hem lē-ʾĕ-lō-hīm} ‘and I will be their God’.