תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

   te-e-SHA-mu

   you would be guilty
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כָּעֵ֥ת תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

   ka-ET te-e-SHA-mu

   at this time you would be guilty
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י לֹ֥א אַתֶּ֛ם נְתַתֶּ֥ם לָהֶ֖ם כָּעֵ֥ת תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

   KI LO a-TEM ne-TAT-tem la-HEM ka-ET te-e-SHA-mu

   for not you you gave to them at this time you would be guilty
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֡ה כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣אוּ אֲבוֹתָם֩ א֨וֹ אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם לרוב לָרִ֣יב אֵלֵ֗ינוּ וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ חָנּ֣וּנוּ אוֹתָ֔ם כִּ֣י לֹ֥א לָקַ֛חְנוּ אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה כִּ֣י לֹ֥א אַתֶּ֛ם נְתַתֶּ֥ם לָהֶ֖ם כָּעֵ֥ת תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

   ve-ha-YA KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM le-ROV la-RIV e-LEI-nu ve-a-MAR-nu a-LEI-hem kha-NU-nu o-TAM KI LO la-KHAK-nu ISH ish-TO ba-mil-kha-MA KI LO a-TEM ne-TAT-tem la-HEM ka-ET te-e-SHA-mu

   and it will be that when they come their fathers or their brothers to contend to dispute to us then we will say to them show favor to us them for not we took a man his wife in the battle for not you you gave to them at this time you would be guilty

Exegesis

The final purpose clause te’ashamu {תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ | te-ʾă-šā-mû} ‘you will be guilty’ ensures exoneration. This structure from conditional protasis to direct speech and layered causation highlights communal reconciliation and legal responsibility.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־שׁ־םa-sh-m

“to be guilty”

• 🔊 אָשָׁםʾā-shāmguilt, guilt offeringLeviticus 5:6