וּמָלְא֥וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמָלְא֥וּ

   u-mal-E-u

   and fill
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּמָלְא֥וּ פְנֵֽי־תֵבֵ֖ל

   u-mal-E-u pe-NE-TE-vel

   and fill the face of the world
3. clause🔊 בַּל־יָקֻ֙מוּ֙ וְיָ֣רְשׁוּ אָ֔רֶץ וּמָלְא֥וּ פְנֵֽי־תֵבֵ֖ל עָרִֽים׃

   bal-ya-KU-mu ve-ya-re-SHU A-rets u-mal-E-u pe-NE-TE-vel A-rim

   so that they do not rise and possess the earth and fill the face of the world cities
4. sentence🔊 הָכִ֧ינוּ לְבָנָ֛יו מַטְבֵּ֖חַ בַּעֲוֺ֣ן אֲבוֹתָ֑ם בַּל־יָקֻ֙מוּ֙ וְיָ֣רְשׁוּ אָ֔רֶץ וּמָלְא֥וּ פְנֵֽי־תֵבֵ֖ל עָרִֽים׃

   ha-KHI-nu le-va-NAV mat-be-KHAKH ba-a-VON a-vo-TAM bal-ya-KU-mu ve-ya-re-SHU A-rets u-mal-E-u pe-NE-TE-vel A-rim

   prepare for his sons a slaughter for the guilt of their fathers so that they do not rise and possess the earth and fill the face of the world cities

Exegesis

The prohibitive particle bal {בַּל־ | bal} introduces a purpose clause, followed by the paratactic sequence of verbs yakumu {יָקֻ֙מוּ֙ | yā-qū-mū} “they rise,” veyarshu {וְיָ֣רְשׁוּ | wə-yār-šū} “and they possess,” and umalu {וּמָלְא֥וּ | u-mā-l’û} “and they fill.”