לֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֣א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א כְדַרְכֵיכֶ֗ם

   LO khe-dar-KHE-khem

   not according to your ways
3. clause🔊 לֹ֣א כְדַרְכֵיכֶ֗ם הָרָעִים֙ וּכְעֲלִילֽוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם הַנִּשְׁחָת֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

   LO khe-dar-KHE-khem ha-ra-IM u-khe-li-lo-TEI-khem han-nish-kha-TOT BEIT yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

   not according to your ways the evil ones and according to your deeds the corrupt ones house of Israel utterance of Lord the LORD
4. sentence🔊 וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֤י יְהוָ֔ה בַּעֲשׂוֹתִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמִ֑י לֹ֣א כְדַרְכֵיכֶ֗ם הָרָעִים֙ וּכְעֲלִילֽוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם הַנִּשְׁחָת֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

   vi-DA-TEHM ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH ba-a-so-TI ET-khem le-MA-an she-MI LO khe-dar-KHE-khem ha-ra-IM u-khe-li-lo-TEI-khem han-nish-kha-TOT BEIT yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

   and you will know that I am the LORD when I act with you for the sake of my name not according to your ways the evil ones and according to your deeds the corrupt ones house of Israel utterance of Lord the LORD

Exegesis

The parallel phrases lo kədarkheikhem hara‘im {לֹא כְּדַרְכֵיכֶם הָרָעִים | lōʾ kə-ḏar-khei-khem hā-rā-ʾîm} and weka‘aliloteikhem hanishchatôt {וְכַעֲלִילוֹתֵיכֶם הַנִּשְׁחָתוֹת | wə-ka-ʿă-li-lo-tê-khem ha-niš-ḥā-ṭōt} use synonymous parallelism to contrast divine mercy with human corruption.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־מ־רAleph, Mem, Resh

“to say, speak”

• 🔊 אָמַרʾā-mârhe saidGenesis 1:3