בֹּנֶ֤ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֹּנֶ֤ה

   bo-NE

   building
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ה֣וֹי בֹּנֶ֤ה בֵיתוֹ֙

   HOY bo-NE be-TO

   woe building his house
3. clause🔊 ה֣וֹי בֹּנֶ֤ה בֵיתוֹ֙ בְּֽלֹא־צֶ֔דֶק וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יו בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֑ט

   HOY bo-NE be-TO be-LO-TSDEK va-a-li-yo-TAV be-LO mish-PAT

   woe building his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice or judgment
4. sentence🔊 ה֣וֹי בֹּנֶ֤ה בֵיתוֹ֙ בְּֽלֹא־צֶ֔דֶק וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יו בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֑ט בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יַעֲבֹ֣ד חִנָּ֔ם וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ לֹ֥א יִתֶּן־לֽוֹ׃

   HOY bo-NE be-TO be-LO-TSDEK va-a-li-yo-TAV be-LO mish-PAT be-re-E-hu ya-a-VOD khin-NAM u-fo-a-LO LO yit-TEN-LO

   woe building his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice or judgment by his neighbor he makes serve or he works for nothing and his wages or his work-pay not he gives to him

Exegesis

It then introduces a condition with the participle boneh {בֹנֶה | bō-nĕ} ‘builder’ followed by the construct phrase beito belo-tsedeq {בֵיתוֹ בְּלֹא־צֶדֶק | bē-ṯô bǝ-lō-ṣe-ḏeq} (‘his house without righteousness’), which is mirrored by vaʿaliyotav belo-mishpat {וַעֲלִיּוֹתָיו בְּלֹא־מִשְׁפָּט | wa-ʿǎ-lî-yō-ṯāw bǝ-lō-miš-pāṭ} (‘his upper rooms without justice’).