עֲוֺנ֣וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עֲוֺנ֣וֹת

   a-vo-NOT

   iniquities or guilt deeds
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֺנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב

   KI-KHE-ma a-vo-NOT KHA-rev

   for wrath iniquities or guilt deeds of the sword
3. clause🔊 גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֺנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב

   GU-ru la-KHEM mi-pe-NE-KHE-rev KI-KHE-ma a-vo-NOT KHA-rev

   be afraid for yourselves or for you from before the sword or because of the sword for wrath iniquities or guilt deeds of the sword
4. sentence🔊 גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֺנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב לְמַ֖עַן תֵּדְע֣וּן שדין שַׁדּֽוּן׃

   GU-ru la-KHEM mi-pe-NE-KHE-rev KI-KHE-ma a-vo-NOT KHA-rev le-MA-an te-de-UN sha-DIN sha-DUN

   be afraid for yourselves or for you from before the sword or because of the sword for wrath iniquities or guilt deeds of the sword in order that you may know judgment or legal decision they will be judged or judgment

Exegesis

The causal clause introduced by ki-khemah {כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה | kî-ḥēmāh} ‘for wrath’ is compressed and verbless, with avonot {עֲוֺנ֣וֹת | ʿăwōnōṯ} joined to charev {חָ֑רֶב | ḥāreb} in a tight nominal sequence; this allows two defensible readings: (1) “wrath brings punishments of the sword,” taking ‘punishments’ metonymically as penal consequences, or (2) “wrath calls for iniquities punishable by the sword,” taking ‘iniquities’ as the cause requiring violent reckoning.