אוֹתָ֛ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אוֹתָ֛ם

   o-TAM

   them
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּבֵ֥א אוֹתָ֛ם

   va-ya-VE o-TAM

   and he brought them
3. clause🔊 אֱמֹ֗ר הִנֵּה־בָ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֤ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־מַלְכָּהּ֙ וְאֶת־שָׂרֶ֔יהָ וַיָּבֵ֥א אוֹתָ֛ם אֵלָ֖יו בָּבֶֽלָה׃

   e-MOR hi-NE-VA ME-lekh-BA-vel ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH ET-mal-KA ve-ET-sa-RE-ha va-ya-VE o-TAM e-LAV BA-ve-LA

   say behold, came king of Babylon Jerusalem and he took the her king and her princes and he brought them to him to Babylon
4. sentence🔊 אֱמָר־נָא֙ לְבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔רִי הֲלֹ֥א יְדַעְתֶּ֖ם מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה אֱמֹ֗ר הִנֵּה־בָ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֤ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־מַלְכָּהּ֙ וְאֶת־שָׂרֶ֔יהָ וַיָּבֵ֥א אוֹתָ֛ם אֵלָ֖יו בָּבֶֽלָה׃

   e-MAR-NA le-VET ha-ME-ri ha-LO ye-Da-TE-m MA-E-le e-MOR hi-NE-VA ME-lekh-BA-vel ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH ET-mal-KA ve-ET-sa-RE-ha va-ya-VE o-TAM e-LAV BA-ve-LA

   say, please to the house of the rebellion is it not you know what these are say behold, came king of Babylon Jerusalem and he took the her king and her princes and he brought them to him to Babylon

Exegesis

and he brought’ depict the exile sequence, with et-malkah {אֶת־מַלְכָּהּ | ʾet mal-kāh} ‘her king’ and ve-et-sareha {וְאֶת־שָׂרֶיהָ | wə-ʾet sā-rê-hā} ‘and her princes’ as forced direct objects, leading to exilic relocation with otam elav bavelah {אוֹתָם אֵלָיו בָּבֶלָה | ō-thām ʾê-lāw bā-ḇe-lāh} ‘them to him, to Babylon.’ The structure builds through interrogative challenge into prophetic declaration and narrative action, underscoring the certainty of exile.