בֵּ֣ית

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֵּ֣ית

   BET

   of the house
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב

   BET ya-a-KOV

   of the house of Jacob
3. clause🔊 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה בְּי֣וֹם֙ בָּחֳרִ֣י בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וָאֶשָּׂ֣א יָדִ֗י לְזֶ֙רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב וָאִוָּדַ֥ע לָהֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם

   ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM

   and you shall say to them thus said Lord LORD in the day my choosing in Israel and I lifted up my hand to the offspring of the house of Jacob and I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt
4. sentence🔊 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה בְּי֣וֹם֙ בָּחֳרִ֣י בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וָאֶשָּׂ֣א יָדִ֗י לְזֶ֙רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב וָאִוָּדַ֥ע לָהֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וָאֶשָּׂ֨א יָדִ֤י לָהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

   ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-e-SA ya-DI la-HEM le-MOR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem

   and you shall say to them thus said Lord LORD in the day my choosing in Israel and I lifted up my hand to the offspring of the house of Jacob and I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt and I lifted up my hand to them saying I LORD your God

Exegesis

The repeated ritual idiom vaessa yadi {וָאֶשָּׂא יָדִי | wā-ʾeś-śā yā-ḏî} ‘and I lifted up my hand’ functions as an oath formula to lezera‘ beit Ya‘akov {לְזֶרַע בֵּית יַעֲקֹב | lə-ze-raʿ bêṯ ya-ʿă-qōḇ}, emphasizing covenant lineage.