זֶ֚ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 זֶ֚ה

   ZEH

   these
2. clause🔊 וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֹתִ֗י זֶ֚ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

   va-ye-nas-SU o-TI ZEH E-ser pe-a-MIM ve-LO sham-U be-ko-LI

   and have tested me these ten times and not have listened to my voice
3. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י כָל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הָרֹאִ֤ים אֶת־כְּבֹדִי֙ וְאֶת־אֹ֣תֹתַ֔י אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתִי בְמִצְרַ֖יִם וּבַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֹתִ֗י זֶ֚ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

   KI kol-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ro-IM ET-ke-vo-DEE ve-ET-o-to-TAI a-SHER-a-si-TI be-mits-RA-yim u-va-mid-BAR va-ye-nas-SU o-TI ZEH E-ser pe-a-MIM ve-LO sham-U be-ko-LI

   for all the men who see my glory and my signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and have tested me these ten times and not have listened to my voice

Exegesis

The demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zeh} “this” highlights the number ’ēser pᵊ'āmîm {עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים | ʿeśer pᵊ'āmîm}, and the conjunction wə-lō' {וְלֹא | wə-lō'} “and not” with šāmə'û {שָׁמְעוּ | šāmə'û} “they listened” closes with the prepositional phrase bᵊ-qōlî {בְּקוֹלִי | bᵊ-qōlî} “to my voice,” underscoring the covenantal demand for obedience.