עַל֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַל֩

   AL

   because of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַל֩ אֲשֶׁר־עָזְב֨וּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם אוֹתִי֙

   AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI

   because of that they forsook your fathers me
3. clause🔊 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם עַל֩ אֲשֶׁר־עָזְב֨וּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם אוֹתִי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם

   ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-YEL-khu a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-ya-AV-dum va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM

   and you said to them because of that they forsook your fathers me declaration of the LORD and they went after gods other and they served them and they bowed down to them
4. sentence🔊 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם עַל֩ אֲשֶׁר־עָזְב֨וּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם אוֹתִי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וְאֹתִ֣י עָזָ֔בוּ וְאֶת־תּוֹרָתִ֖י לֹ֥א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃

   ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-YEL-khu a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-ya-AV-dum va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM ve-o-TI a-ZA-vu ve-et-to-ra-TI LO sha-MA-ru

   and you said to them because of that they forsook your fathers me declaration of the LORD and they went after gods other and they served them and they bowed down to them and me they forsook and my law not they kept

Exegesis

The causal clause al asher azvu avoteikhem oti {עַל אֲשֶׁר־עָזְבוּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם אוֹתִי | ʿal ʾă-šer ʿā-zə-ḇû ʾă-ḇō-ṯê-ḵem ʾô-tî} ‘because your fathers forsook me’ establishes the basis for judgment.

Root and etymology

ʿ-l-h🔊 ע־ל־הayin–lamed–heh

“to cause to go up”

• 🔊 עֲלִיָּהʿă-lî-yāhascentEzra 3:1