2 Kings 15:21

וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י מְנַחֵ֖ם וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֹוא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

And the rest of the acts of Menaḥem and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisraʾel?

 

Morphology

  1. וְיֶ֛תֶר (ve-yeter) – Root: יתר; Form: Conjunction + noun masculine singular; Translation: “And the rest”; Notes: Standard formula introducing additional deeds not recorded here.
  2. דִּבְרֵ֥י (divrei) – Root: דבר; Form: Construct plural masculine; Translation: “the acts of”; Notes: Common phrase used for official annals of a king.
  3. מְנַחֵ֖ם (Menaḥem) – Root: נחם; Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Menaḥem”; Notes: Refers to the king of Yisraʾel.
  4. וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר (ve-kol ʾasher) – Root: כל, אשר; Form: Conjunction + noun of totality + relative pronoun; Translation: “and all that”; Notes: Introduces a relative clause about his deeds.
  5. עָשָׂ֑ה (ʿasah) – Root: עשׂה; Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “he did”; Notes: Refers to the totality of his actions during his reign.
  6. הֲלֹוא־ (halo) – Root: לא; Form: Interrogative particle with negative; Translation: “are they not”; Notes: Rhetorical question expecting a positive answer.
  7. הֵ֣ם (hem) – Root: הם; Form: Pronoun masculine plural; Translation: “they”; Notes: Subject of the rhetorical question.
  8. כְּתוּבִ֗ים (ketuvim) – Root: כתב; Form: Qal passive participle masculine plural; Translation: “written”; Notes: Refers to official record-keeping.
  9. עַל־סֵ֛פֶר (ʿal-sefer) – Root: ספר; Form: Preposition + noun masculine singular; Translation: “in the book of”; Notes: Refers to the royal archives.
  10. דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים (divrei ha-yamim) – Root: דבר, יום; Form: Construct noun + definite plural noun; Translation: “the chronicles”; Notes: Literally “the words of the days.”
  11. לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל (le-malkhei Yisraʾel) – Root: מלך, ישראל; Form: Preposition + construct plural noun + proper noun; Translation: “of the kings of Yisraʾel”; Notes: Refers to the official annals of the northern kingdom.

 

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