עַ֖ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַ֖ל

   AL

   upon or in addition to
2. clause🔊 וְגַם־אֲנִ֨י הֵ֜א דַּרְכֵּ֣ךְ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ נָתַ֗תִּי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְלֹ֤א עשיתי עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃

   ve-GAM-a-NI HE dar-KEKH be-ROSH na-TAT-ti ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO a-si-TI a-SIT et-ha-zim-MA AL kol-to-a-vo-TA-yikh

   and also I behold your way upon {the} head I have put utterance of Lord LORD and not I have done you have done {direct object} the lewdness upon or in addition to all your abominations
3. sentence🔊 יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־זכרתי זָכַרְתְּ֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ וַתִּרְגְּזִי־לִ֖י בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְגַם־אֲנִ֨י הֵ֜א דַּרְכֵּ֣ךְ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ נָתַ֗תִּי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְלֹ֤א עשיתי עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃

   YA-an a-SHER LO-z-khar-TI za-KHART et-ye-ME ne-u-ra-YIKH va-tir-ge-ZI-li be-KHOL-E-le ve-GAM-a-NI HE dar-KEKH be-ROSH na-TAT-ti ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO a-si-TI a-SIT et-ha-zim-MA AL kol-to-a-vo-TA-yikh

   because that you did not remember me you remembered {direct object} days of your youth and you enraged me with all these and also I behold your way upon {the} head I have put utterance of Lord LORD and not I have done you have done {direct object} the lewdness upon or in addition to all your abominations

Exegesis

The final clause ve-lo asiti et ha-zimmah al kol toavotayikh {וְלֹ֤א עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ | və-lō ʿāśîtî ʾet ha-zimmāh ʿal kol tôʿăḇōtāyikh} contrasts previous abominations with the added lewdness, using a negated perfect to emphasize cumulative wickedness.

Root and etymology

g-ʿ-l🔊 ג־ע־לgimel–ayin–lamed

“to detest, abhor”

• 🔊 גָּעַלga'alhe rejectedNumbers 11:20