מִלֵּ֔אתָ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִלֵּ֔אתָ

   mil-LE-ta

   you have fully {followed}
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י מִלֵּ֔אתָ

   ki mil-LE-ta

   because you have fully {followed}
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י מִלֵּ֔אתָ אַחֲרֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃

   ki mil-LE-ta a-kha-REI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI

   because you have fully {followed} after LORD my God
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע מֹשֶׁ֗ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַהוּא֮ לֵאמֹר֒ אִם־לֹ֗א הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דָּרְכָ֤ה רַגְלְךָ֙ בָּ֔הּ לְךָ֨ תִֽהְיֶ֧ה לְנַחֲלָ֛ה וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם כִּ֣י מִלֵּ֔אתָ אַחֲרֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃

   va-yi-sha-VA mo-SHEH ba-YOM ha-HU le-MOR im-LO ha-A-retz a-SHER dar-KHA rag-le-KHA BAH le-KHA tih-YE le-na-kha-LA u-le-va-NE-kha ad-o-LAM ki mil-LE-ta a-kha-REI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI

   and swore Moses on the day that saying surely the land which has trodden your foot upon it for you shall be an inheritance and for your children forever because you have fully {followed} after LORD my God

Exegesis

The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the justification milleta acharei YHWH Elohai {מִלֵּאתָ אַחֲרֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי}, where the Piel perfect milleta conveys wholehearted loyalty “you have fully followed” the divine name YHWH Elohai.

Root and etymology

m-l-א🔊 מ-ל-אmem–lamed–aleph

“to fill, fulfill”