יְהוָה֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְהוָה֙

   Ye-ho-VAH

   the LORD
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאֶת־בֵּ֤ית יְהוָה֙

   ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH

   and the house of the LORD
3. clause🔊 וְאֶת־בֵּ֤ית יְהוָה֙ אֲנִ֣י הֹלֵ֔ךְ וְאֵ֣ין אִ֔ישׁ מְאַסֵּ֥ף אוֹתִ֖י הַבָּֽיְתָה׃

   ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta

   and the house of the LORD I am going and there is not a man gathering in me into the house
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו עֹבְרִ֨ים אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מִבֵּֽית־לֶ֣חֶם יְהוּדָה֮ עַד־יַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַר־אֶפְרַיִם֒ מִשָּׁ֣ם אָנֹ֔כִי וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ עַד־בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאֶת־בֵּ֤ית יְהוָה֙ אֲנִ֣י הֹלֵ֔ךְ וְאֵ֣ין אִ֔ישׁ מְאַסֵּ֥ף אוֹתִ֖י הַבָּֽיְתָה׃

   va-YO-mer e-LAV o-ve-RIM a-NA-khnu mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA ad-yar-ke-TEI har-e-fra-YIM mi-SHAM a-NO-khi va-e-LEKH ad-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta

   and he said to him passing through we from Beth-lehem Judah to the far parts of the hill country of Ephraim from there I and I went to the house of Beth-lehem Judah and the house of the LORD I am going and there is not a man gathering in me into the house

Exegesis

The repetition of ’ad-bēyt-leḥem Yəhūdāh underscores the intended return, while wə’ēṯ-bēyt Yəhōwāh {וְאֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה | wə’ēṯ-bēyt Yəhōwāh} ‘and to the house of YHWH’ uses the direct object marker for focus.