וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞ם בְּיַ֣ד חֲזָאֵ֣ל מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֗ם וּבְיַ֛ד בֶּן־הֲדַ֥ד בֶּן־חֲזָאֵ֖ל כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃
And the anger of YHWH burned against Yisraʾel, and He gave them into the hand of Ḥazaʾel king of Aram and into the hand of Ben-hadad son of Ḥazaʾel all the days.
Morphology
- וַיִּחַר (va-yikhar) – Root: חרה (ḥ-r-h); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3ms; Translation: “and burned (in anger)”; Notes: Idiomatically used with אַף to express divine wrath.
- אַף (af) – Root: אף (ʾ-a-p); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “anger”; Notes: Often paired with חרה to mean “anger burned.”
- יְהוָה (YHWH) – Form: Proper noun; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: Divine subject of the sentence.
- בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל (be-Yisraʾel) – Root: ישראל; Form: Preposition + proper noun; Translation: “against Yisraʾel”; Notes: Object of YHWH’s anger.
- וַיִּתְּנֵם (va-yittenem) – Root: נתן (n-t-n); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3ms + 3mp suffix; Translation: “and He gave them”; Notes: Refers to delivering Yisraʾel into foreign control.
- בְּיַד (be-yad) – Root: יד (y-d); Form: Preposition + noun feminine singular construct; Translation: “into the hand of”; Notes: Common idiom for being delivered into someone’s power.
- חֲזָאֵל מֶלֶךְ־אֲרָם (Ḥazaʾel melekh-Aram) – Form: Proper noun + construct phrase; Translation: “Ḥazaʾel king of Aram”; Notes: Enemy ruler receiving power over Yisraʾel.
- וּבְיַד (u-ve-yad) – Form: Conjunction + preposition + noun construct; Translation: “and into the hand of”; Notes: Repetition to include the son.
- בֶּן־הֲדַד (Ben-Hadad) – Form: Construct phrase; Translation: “Ben-Hadad”; Notes: Son of Ḥazaʾel and successor in rule over Aram.
- בֶּן־חֲזָאֵל (ben-Ḥazaʾel) – Form: Construct noun + proper noun; Translation: “son of Ḥazaʾel”; Notes: Identifies Ben-Hadad’s lineage.
- כָּל־הַיָּמִים (kol ha-yamim) – Root: יום (y-w-m); Form: Construct noun + definite plural noun; Translation: “all the days”; Notes: Refers to the duration of domination.