וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י יֵה֛וּא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה וְכָל־גְּבוּרָתֹ֑ו הֲלֹֽוא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And the rest of the acts of Yehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisraʾel?
Morphology
- וְיֶתֶר (ve-yeter) – Root: יתר (y-t-r); Form: Conjunction + noun masculine singular; Translation: “and the rest”; Notes: Introduces what remains unrecorded here.
- דִּבְרֵי (divrei) – Root: דבר (d-v-r); Form: Construct plural noun; Translation: “the acts of” or “the words of”; Notes: Refers to recorded deeds.
- יֵהוּא (Yehu) – Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yehu”; Notes: King of Yisraʾel.
- וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה (ve-khol-ʾasher ʿasah) – Root: עשה (ʿ-s-h); Form: Conjunction + totalizing phrase + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular; Translation: “and all that he did”; Notes: Emphasizes Yehu’s full career.
- וְכָל־גְּבוּרָתוֹ (ve-khol-gevurato) – Root: גבר (g-b-r); Form: Conjunction + totalizing noun with suffix; Translation: “and all his might”; Notes: Refers to his military strength or valor.
- הֲלֹוא (halo) – Form: Interrogative particle; Translation: “Are they not…?”; Notes: Rhetorical question introducing a known written record.
- הֵם (hem) – Form: Pronoun masculine plural; Translation: “they”; Notes: Refers to the aforementioned deeds and might.
- כְּתוּבִים (ketuvim) – Root: כתב (k-t-v); Form: Qal passive participle masculine plural; Translation: “written”; Notes: Implies official record-keeping.
- עַל־סֵפֶר (ʿal-sefer) – Root: ספר (s-p-r); Form: Preposition + noun masculine singular; Translation: “in the book of”; Notes: Standard phrase for archival documentation.
- דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים (divrei ha-yamim) – Root: יום (y-w-m); Form: Construct plural noun + definite noun; Translation: “the chronicles” or “the words of the days”; Notes: Refers to historical records.
- לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (le-malkhei Yisraʾel) – Root: מלך (m-l-k); Form: Preposition + construct plural + proper noun; Translation: “of the kings of Yisraʾel”; Notes: Indicates official royal annals of the northern kingdom.