אֶת־מִ֤י חֵרַ֨פְתָּ֙ וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּ וְעַל־מִ֖י הֲרִימֹ֣ותָה קֹּ֑ול וַתִּשָּׂ֥א מָרֹ֛ום עֵינֶ֖יךָ אֶל־קְדֹ֥ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
“Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised a voice and lifted your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Yisraʾel.
Morphology
- אֶת־מִ֤י (ʾet-mi) – Root: מי; Form: Direct object marker + interrogative pronoun; Translation: “Whom?”; Notes: Introduces a rhetorical question about the object of reproach.
- חֵרַ֨פְתָּ (ḥeraphta) – Root: חרף; Form: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular; Translation: “you have reproached”; Notes: Accusation of blasphemy or scorn.
- וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּ (ve-giddafta) – Root: גדף; Form: Piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular; Translation: “you have blasphemed”; Notes: Stronger term than חרף, connoting sacrilegious insult.
- וְעַל־מִ֖י (ve-ʿal-mi) – Root: על + מי; Form: Conjunction + preposition + interrogative pronoun; Translation: “And against whom?”; Notes: Begins a second rhetorical clause.
- הֲרִימֹ֣ותָה (harimota) – Root: רום; Form: Hifʿil perfect 2nd person masculine singular with paragogic he; Translation: “you have raised”; Notes: The paragogic he adds rhetorical emphasis.
- קֹּ֑ול (qol) – Root: קול; Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute; Translation: “voice”; Notes: Object of “raised.”
- וַתִּשָּׂ֥א (va-tissa) – Root: נשא; Form: Qal wayyiqtol 2nd person masculine singular; Translation: “And you lifted”; Notes: Narrative past with rhetorical function.
- מָרֹ֛ום (marom) – Root: רום; Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute; Translation: “on high”; Notes: Accusative of direction or manner.
- עֵינֶ֖יךָ (ʿenekha) – Root: עין; Form: Noun, dual construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “your eyes”; Notes: Object of “lifted.”
- אֶל־קְדֹ֥ושׁ (ʾel-qedosh) – Root: קדשׁ; Form: Preposition + noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “to the Holy One”; Notes: Construct with Yisraʾel.
- יִשְׂרָאֵֽל (Yisraʾel) – Root: ישראל; Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yisraʾel”; Notes: Refers to YHWH as the Holy One of Yisraʾel.