אֶת־רֹ֥עַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־רֹ֥עַ

   et-RO-a

   {direct object} the evil of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם

   et-RO-a ma-al-le-KHEM

   {direct object} the evil of your deeds
3. clause🔊 הִנְנִ֨י פֹקֵ֧ד עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

   hin-ne-NI po-KED a-le-KHEM et-RO-a ma-al-le-KHEM ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH

   behold me or here I am attending to or visiting upon you {direct object} the evil of your deeds utterance of the LORD
4. sentence🔊 לָ֠כֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַֽל־הָרֹעִים֮ הָרֹעִ֣ים אֶת־עַמִּי֒ אַתֶּ֞ם הֲפִצֹתֶ֤ם אֶת־צֹאנִי֙ וַתַּדִּח֔וּם וְלֹ֥א פְקַדְתֶּ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם הִנְנִ֨י פֹקֵ֧ד עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

   la-KHEN ko-A-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-re-EL al-ha-ro-IM ha-ro-IM et-a-MI a-TEM ha-fi-TSO-TEM et-tso-NI va-tad-di-KHUM ve-LO pe-kad-TEM o-TAM hin-ne-NI po-KED a-le-KHEM et-RO-a ma-al-le-KHEM ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH

   therefore thus said LORD God of Israel concerning the shepherds the shepherds {direct object} my people you you have scattered {direct object} my flock and you have driven them away and not you have attended to or visited them behold me or here I am attending to or visiting upon you {direct object} the evil of your deeds utterance of the LORD

Exegesis

The object phrase et-rōʿ maʿallelê-khem {אֶת־רֹעַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾəṯ-rōʿ maʿallelê-ḵem} ‘the evil of your deeds’ completes the clause of divine judgment, and the verse closes with the declaration neʾûm-YHWH {נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה | nəʾûm-Yə-hō-wāh} ‘declares the LORD.’ The chiastic use of the root p-q-d in pəqaḏtem and pōqēd emphasizes the reversal from human neglect to divine visitation.

Root and etymology

r-ʿ🔊 ר־עresh–ayin

“friend”

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