אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת

   et-E-shet

   the wife of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֗הוּ

   ve-ISH et-E-shet re-E-HU

   and a man the wife of his neighbor
3. clause🔊 וְאִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֗הוּ עָשָׂה֙ תּֽוֹעֵבָ֔ה וְאִ֥ישׁ אֶת־כַּלָּת֖וֹ טִמֵּ֣א בְזִמָּ֑ה

   ve-ISH et-E-shet re-E-HU a-SA to-e-VA ve-ISH et-kal-la-TO tim-ME be-zim-MA

   and a man the wife of his neighbor has done an abomination and a man his daughter-in-law has defiled with lewdness
4. sentence🔊 וְאִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֗הוּ עָשָׂה֙ תּֽוֹעֵבָ֔ה וְאִ֥ישׁ אֶת־כַּלָּת֖וֹ טִמֵּ֣א בְזִמָּ֑ה וְאִ֛ישׁ אֶת־אֲחֹת֥וֹ בַת־אָבִ֖יו עִנָּה־בָֽךְ׃

   ve-ISH et-E-shet re-E-HU a-SA to-e-VA ve-ISH et-kal-la-TO tim-ME be-zim-MA ve-ISH et-a-KHO-to vat-a-VIV in-NA-vakh

   and a man the wife of his neighbor has done an abomination and a man his daughter-in-law has defiled with lewdness and a man his sister the daughter of his father has humbled or violated in you

Exegesis

Each clause uses the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ’et} to introduce specific victims—eshet rē‘ēhû {אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֗הוּ | ʾēšeṯ rē‘ēhû}, kallāṯô {כַּלָּת֖וֹ | kallāṯô}, and ’aḥōtô bat-’āḇîw {אֲחֹת֥וֹ בַת־אָבִ֖יו | ’aḥōtô bat-’āḇîw}—highlighting transgressions of family boundaries. The verbs ‘āśâh, ṭimmē’, and ’innāh are perfect forms expressing completed sins, while the noun tō‘ēḇāh and prepositional phrase be-zimmāh intensify moral outrage.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־שׁʾ-sh

“fire”