אֵ֚ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵ֚ת

   ET

2. clause🔊 הֲל֨וֹא כֹ֤ה עָשׂוּ֙ אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וַיָּבֵ֨א אֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ עָלֵ֗ינוּ אֵ֚ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את וְעַ֖ל הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את

   ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT

   is it not thus they did your fathers and he brought our God upon us all the evil this and upon the city this
3. sentence🔊 הֲל֨וֹא כֹ֤ה עָשׂוּ֙ אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וַיָּבֵ֨א אֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ עָלֵ֗ינוּ אֵ֚ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את וְעַ֖ל הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וְאַתֶּ֞ם מוֹסִיפִ֤ים חָרוֹן֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְחַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃

   ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-a-TEM mo-si-FIM kha-RON al-yis-ra-EL le-kha-LEL et-ha-sha-BAT

   is it not thus they did your fathers and he brought our God upon us all the evil this and upon the city this and you are adding burning anger upon Israel to profane the Sabbath

Exegesis

A Vav-consecutive clause with vayyave {וַיָּבֵא | way·yā·ḇē} ‘and he brought’ introduces Eloheinu {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·nû} ‘our God’ as the agent, followed by aleinu {עָלֵינוּ | ‘ā·lê·nû} ‘upon us’ and ve’al ha‘ir hazot {וְעַל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת | wə·‘al hā·‘îr ha·zō·ṯ} ‘and upon this city’.

The clause ve’atem mosifim {וְאַתֶּם מוֹסִיפִים | wə·’at·tem mō·sî·p̄îm} ‘and you are adding’ shifts to the present audience, modifying kharon {חָרוֹן | ḥā·rōn} ‘wrath’ with al-Yisra’el {עַל-יִשְׂרָאֵל | ‘al·yiś·rā·’ēl}.

The infinitive lehallel {לְחַלֵּל | lə·ḥal·lêl} ‘to profane’ ties directly to et-haShabbat {אֶת-הַשַּׁבָּת | ’et·ha·šab·bāt} ‘the Sabbath’, marked by the direct-object marker et. English syntax reorders elements for clarity while preserving the accusatory progression from historical example to present culpability.