וּבְעַם־רָ֔ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבְעַם־רָ֔ב

   u-ve-am-RAV

   and with a people many
2. clause🔊 הֲלוֹא֩ אֶת־שָׁרָשֶׁ֨יהָ יְנַתֵּ֜ק וְאֶת־פִּרְיָ֣הּ יְקוֹסֵ֣ וְיָבֵ֗שׁ כָּל־טַרְפֵּ֤י צִמְחָהּ֙ תִּיבָ֔שׁ וְלֹֽא־בִזְרֹ֤עַ גְּדוֹלָה֙ וּבְעַם־רָ֔ב לְמַשְׂא֥וֹת אוֹתָ֖הּ מִשָּׁרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃

   ha-LO et-sha-ra-SHE-ha ye-nat-TEK ve-et-pir-YA ye-ko-SES ve-ya-VESH kal-tar-PE tsim-KHA ti-VASH ve-LO-viz-RO-a ge-do-LA u-ve-am-RAV le-mas-OT o-TA mish-sha-ra-SHE-ha

   will not the roots of it will he pull out and the fruit of it he will cut off and it will wither all the leaves of its sprouting will wither and not by an arm of great and with a people many to carry it from its roots
3. sentence🔊 אֱמֹ֗ר כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהֹוִ֖ה תִּצְלָ֑ח הֲלוֹא֩ אֶת־שָׁרָשֶׁ֨יהָ יְנַתֵּ֜ק וְאֶת־פִּרְיָ֣הּ יְקוֹסֵ֣ וְיָבֵ֗שׁ כָּל־טַרְפֵּ֤י צִמְחָהּ֙ תִּיבָ֔שׁ וְלֹֽא־בִזְרֹ֤עַ גְּדוֹלָה֙ וּבְעַם־רָ֔ב לְמַשְׂא֥וֹת אוֹתָ֖הּ מִשָּׁרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃

   e-MOR KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH tits-LAKH ha-LO et-sha-ra-SHE-ha ye-nat-TEK ve-et-pir-YA ye-ko-SES ve-ya-VESH kal-tar-PE tsim-KHA ti-VASH ve-LO-viz-RO-a ge-do-LA u-ve-am-RAV le-mas-OT o-TA mish-sha-ra-SHE-ha

   say thus said Lord LORD will it succeed will not the roots of it will he pull out and the fruit of it he will cut off and it will wither all the leaves of its sprouting will wither and not by an arm of great and with a people many to carry it from its roots

Exegesis

The negated clause ve-lo-bizroa gedolah u-ve-am rav {וְלֹא־בִזְרֹעַ גְּדוֹלָה וּבְעַם־רָב | wə-lōʾ-bi-zrō-ʿa gə-ḏō-lāh û-ḇə-ʿam-rāḇ} ‘and not by a strong arm or by many people’ highlights that no external effort is needed for the plant’s destruction.