וְסָֽפְדוּ־ל֤וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְסָֽפְדוּ־ל֤וֹ

   ve-saf-DU-lo

   and they will lament for him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְסָֽפְדוּ־ל֤וֹ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙

   ve-saf-DU-lo khol-yis-ra-EL

   and they will lament for him all Israel
3. clause🔊 וְסָֽפְדוּ־ל֤וֹ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְקָבְר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כִּֽי־זֶ֣ה לְבַדּ֔וֹ יָבֹ֥א לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם אֶל־קָ֑בֶר

   ve-saf-DU-lo khol-yis-ra-EL ve-kav-RU o-TO ki-ZE le-vad-DO ya-VO le-ya-rav-AM el-ka-VER

   and they will lament for him all Israel and they will bury him for this alone, by himself will come to Jeroboam to a grave
4. sentence🔊 וְסָֽפְדוּ־ל֤וֹ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְקָבְר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כִּֽי־זֶ֣ה לְבַדּ֔וֹ יָבֹ֥א לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם אֶל־קָ֑בֶר יַ֣עַן נִמְצָא־ב֞וֹ דָּבָ֣ר ט֗וֹב אֶל־יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֥ית יָרָבְעָֽם׃

   ve-saf-DU-lo khol-yis-ra-EL ve-kav-RU o-TO ki-ZE le-vad-DO ya-VO le-ya-rav-AM el-ka-VER YA-an nim-tsa-VO da-VAR TOV el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-VET ya-rav-AM

   and they will lament for him all Israel and they will bury him for this alone, by himself will come to Jeroboam to a grave because is found in him a thing, a matter good toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam

Exegesis

The narrative employs the vav-consecutive sequence vesafdu-lo {וְסָֽפְדוּ־לוֹ | wə-sap-dū-lō} ‘and they will lament for him’ followed by vekavru {וְקָבְר֣וּ | wə-qā-ḇrū} ‘and they will bury,’ depicting public mourning customs.

Root and etymology

ש־פ־ד🔊 shin–pe–dalets-f-d

“to wail, lament”