וְנִחֲמ֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְנִחֲמ֣וּ

   ve-ni-kha-MU

   and they will comfort
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְנִחֲמ֣וּ אֶתְכֶ֔ם

   ve-ni-kha-MU et-KHEM

   and they will comfort you {plural}
3. clause🔊 וְנִחֲמ֣וּ אֶתְכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־תִרְא֥וּ אֶת־דַּרְכָּ֖ם וְאֶת־עֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑ם

   ve-ni-kha-MU et-KHEM ki-tir-E-U et-dar-KAM ve-et-a-li-lo-TAM

   and they will comfort you {plural} when you see the way of them and the deeds of them
4. sentence🔊 וְנִחֲמ֣וּ אֶתְכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־תִרְא֥וּ אֶת־דַּרְכָּ֖ם וְאֶת־עֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּי֩ לֹ֨א חִנָּ֤ם עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ אֵ֣ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֣יתִי בָ֔הּ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהֹוִֽה׃

   ve-ni-kha-MU et-KHEM ki-tir-E-U et-dar-KAM ve-et-a-li-lo-TAM vi-ya-DAT-tem KI LO khi-NAM a-SI-ti ET kol-a-sher-a-SI-ti VA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH

   and they will comfort you {plural} when you see the way of them and the deeds of them and you will know that not without cause I did all that I did in it utterance of Lord LORD

Exegesis

The verse opens with the Nifal perfect venichamu {וְנִחֲמ֣וּ | wə-ni-ḥa-mû} expressing the action of consoling, introduced by the vav-consecutive to link this assurance with prior judgments.