עַ֖ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַ֖ל

   AL

   because of
2. clause🔊 וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י רִֽאשׁוֹנָ֗ה מִשְׁנֵ֤ה עֲוֺנָם֙ וְחַטָּאתָ֔ם עַ֖ל חַלְּלָ֣ם אֶת־אַרְצִ֑י

   ve-shi-lam-TI ri-sho-NA mish-NE a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TAM AL khal-le-LAM et-AR-tsi

   and I will repay first double their iniquity and their sin because of their corpses {direct object} my land
3. sentence🔊 וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י רִֽאשׁוֹנָ֗ה מִשְׁנֵ֤ה עֲוֺנָם֙ וְחַטָּאתָ֔ם עַ֖ל חַלְּלָ֣ם אֶת־אַרְצִ֑י בְּנִבְלַ֤ת שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶם֙ וְתוֹעֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם מָלְא֖וּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתִֽי׃

   ve-shi-lam-TI ri-sho-NA mish-NE a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TAM AL khal-le-LAM et-AR-tsi be-niv-LAT shi-ku-tse-HEM ve-to-a-vo-te-HEM mal-E-U et-na-kha-la-TI

   and I will repay first double their iniquity and their sin because of their corpses {direct object} my land with the carcass of their detestable things and their abominations they filled {direct object} my inheritance

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase al challam et-arzi {עַל חַלְּלָם אֶת־אַרְצִי | ʿal ḥal-lə-lām ʾet-ʾar-ṣî} ‘because of their profaning my land’ introduces causality with challam in construct relation to arzi.

Root and etymology

ʿ-l-h🔊 ע־ל־הayin–lamed–heh

“to cause to go up”

• 🔊 עֲלִיָּהʿă-lî-yāhascentEzra 3:1