עַל־גַּגֹּֽתֵיהֶם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַל־גַּגֹּֽתֵיהֶם֙

   al-GAG-go-TE-hem

   on the roofs of them
2. clause🔊 לְכֹ֣ל הַבָּתִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר קִטְּר֜וּ עַל־גַּגֹּֽתֵיהֶם֙ לְכֹל֙ צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ נְסָכִ֖ים לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים׃

   le-KHOL hab-ba-TIM a-SHER kit-te-RU al-GAG-go-TE-hem le-KHOL tse-VA hash-sha-MA-yim ve-has-SEKH ne-sa-KHIM le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM

   for all the houses which they made offerings of smoke on the roofs of them to all host of the heavens and the pouring out drink offerings to gods other ones or others
3. sentence🔊 וְהָי֞וּ בָּתֵּ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וּבָתֵּי֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה כִּמְק֥וֹם הַתֹּ֖פֶת הַטְּמֵאִ֑ים לְכֹ֣ל הַבָּתִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר קִטְּר֜וּ עַל־גַּגֹּֽתֵיהֶם֙ לְכֹל֙ צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ נְסָכִ֖ים לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים׃

   ve-ha-YU ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-va-TE mal-KHE ye-hu-DA kim-KOM ha-TO-fet hat-te-me-IM le-KHOL hab-ba-TIM a-SHER kit-te-RU al-GAG-go-TE-hem le-KHOL tse-VA hash-sha-MA-yim ve-has-SEKH ne-sa-KHIM le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM

   and they shall be houses of Jerusalem and houses of kings of Judah like the place of Topheth the unclean ones for all the houses which they made offerings of smoke on the roofs of them to all host of the heavens and the pouring out drink offerings to gods other ones or others

Exegesis

The relative particle ʾă-šer {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾă-šer} introduces the causal clause specifying the ritual verbs qiṭ-ṭə-rû {קִטְּר֜וּ | qiṭ-ṭə-rû} ‘burned incense’ ʿal-gag-gō-ṯê-hem {עַל־גַּגֹּֽתֵיהֶם֙ | ʿal-gag-gō-ṯê-hem} ‘on their roofs’ to tseva ha-šā-ma-yim {צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַיִם | ṣə-ḇā ha-šā-mā-yim} ‘the host of the heavens’, and wə-ha-sēḵ nə-sā-ḵîm {וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ נְסָכִ֖ים | wə-ha-sēḵ nə-sā-ḵîm} ‘and the pouring out of drink offerings’ lē-ʾĕ-lō-hîm ʾă-ḥē-rîm {לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים | lē-ʾĕ-lō-hîm ʾă-ḥē-rîm} ‘to other gods’. The em dash apposition mirrors the Hebrew’s tightly woven clauses and underscores the comprehensive nature of the idolatrous rites.