בָּֽהּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּֽהּ׃

   BAH

   in it
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁר־גַּ֥רְתָּה בָּֽהּ׃

   a-sher-GAR-ta BAH

   where you have sojourned in it
3. clause🔊 כַּחֶ֜סֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֤יתִי עִמְּךָ֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה עִמָּדִ֔י וְעִם־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּ֥רְתָּה בָּֽהּ׃

   ka-KHE-sed a-sher-a-SI-ti im-me-KHA ta-a-SE im-ma-DI ve-im-ha-A-rets a-sher-GAR-ta BAH

   according to the kindness that I showed to you you shall do to me and to the land where you have sojourned in it
4. sentence🔊 וְעַתָּ֗ה הִשָּׁ֨בְעָה לִּ֤י בֵֽאלֹהִים֙ הֵ֔נָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹ֣ר לִ֔י וּלְנִינִ֖י וּלְנֶכְדִּ֑י כַּחֶ֜סֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֤יתִי עִמְּךָ֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה עִמָּדִ֔י וְעִם־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּ֥רְתָּה בָּֽהּ׃

   ve-at-TA hi-SHA-ve-a LI ve-e-lo-HIM HEN-na im-tish-KOR LI u-le-ni-NI u-le-nekh-DI ka-KHE-sed a-sher-a-SI-ti im-me-KHA ta-a-SE im-ma-DI ve-im-ha-A-rets a-sher-GAR-ta BAH

   and now swear to me here by God if you deal falsely toward me and toward my offspring and toward my posterity according to the kindness that I showed to you you shall do to me and to the land where you have sojourned in it

Exegesis

The apodosis taʿăśeh {תַּעֲשֶׂה | ta-ʿă-śeh} ‘you shall do’ extends the obligation to ʿimmādî {עִמָּדִי | ʿim-mā-dî} ‘with me’ and to the land via wəʿim-hāʾāreṣ {וְעִם־הָאָרֶץ | wə-ʿim-hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘and with the land’ and its defining relative clause ʾăšer gārəttā bāh {אֲשֶׁר־גַּרְתָּה בָּהּ | ʾă-šer-gar-rə-tā-bāh} ‘in which you have sojourned’. The structure preserves the legal force of the oath while clarifying generational scope and covenantal reciprocity in English subordinate clauses.

Root and etymology

r-b-h🔊 ר־ב־הresh–bet–heh

“to shoot, be many”

• 🔊 רָבָהrabahincreaseGenesis 1:22