וְלֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֥א

   ve-LO

   and not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה

   ve-LO ya-a-SE

   and not he does
3. clause🔊 וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כָּהֵֽן׃

   va-yir-E ve-LO ya-a-SE ka-HEN

   and he sees and not he does so, thus, likewise
4. sentence🔊 וְהִנֵּה֙ הוֹלִ֣יד בֵּ֔ן וַיַּ֕רְא אֶת־כָּל־חַטֹּ֥את אָבִ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כָּהֵֽן׃

   ve-hin-NE ho-LID BEN va-YAR-e et-KOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-SHER a-SA va-yir-E ve-LO ya-a-SE ka-HEN

   and behold he fathers or begets a son and he sees {direct object marker} all sins of his father which or that he has done and he sees and not he does so, thus, likewise

Exegesis

The repetition in vayireh {וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה | wa-yir-ʾeh} intensifies witnessing, leading into the negative clause velo yaaseh kahen {וְלֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כָּהֵֽן | wə-lōʾ ya-ʿă-śeh kā-hēn}, which marks the deliberate moral break. The interplay of perfect and wayyiqtol forms contrasts completed past actions with potential conduct. The adverbial demonstrative kahen encapsulates the pattern the son refuses to replicate.