אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙

   o-TA-nu

   us
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אוּלַי֩ יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙

   u-LAI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH o-TA-nu

   perhaps he will do the LORD us
3. clause🔊 אוּלַי֩ יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙ כְּכָל־נִפְלְאֹתָ֔יו וְיַעֲלֶ֖ה מֵעָלֵֽינוּ׃

   u-LAI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH o-TA-nu ke-KHOL-nif-le-o-TAV ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LE-nu

   perhaps he will do the LORD us according to all his wondrous deeds and he will go up, or withdraw from upon us
4. sentence🔊 דְּרָשׁ־נָ֤א בַעֲדֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל נִלְחָ֣ם עָלֵ֑ינוּ אוּלַי֩ יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙ כְּכָל־נִפְלְאֹתָ֔יו וְיַעֲלֶ֖ה מֵעָלֵֽינוּ׃

   de-RASH-NA ba-a-DE-nu ET-ye-ho-VAH KI ne-vu-kha-de-TSAR ME-lekh-BA-vel nil-KHAM a-LE-nu u-LAI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH o-TA-nu ke-KHOL-nif-le-o-TAV ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LE-nu

   inquire, please on behalf of us {direct object marker} the LORD for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is fighting against us perhaps he will do the LORD us according to all his wondrous deeds and he will go up, or withdraw from upon us

Exegesis

The modal particle ulai {אוּלַי | ʾû-lai} conveys hopeful uncertainty, leading into yaaseh {יַעֲשֶׂה | yaʿ-ă-śěh} ‘he will do,’ where the subject is the divine name yehovah {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} and otanu {אוֹתָנוּ | ʾō-ṯā-nû} marks the beneficiaries.