| 13. Linguistic 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. The phrase kî-zē levado yāḇōʾ lə-yārāḇə-ʽām ʾel-qāḇer {כִּֽי־זֶה לְבַדּ֔וֹ יָבֹ֥א לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם אֶל־קָ֑בֶר | kî-zē lə-vaḏ-dō yā-ḇōʾ lə-yā-rā-ḇə-ʽām ʾel qā-ḇer} uses the demonstrative kî-zē ‘for this’ and levado ‘alone’ to emphasize exclusivity. The causal connector ya-ʽăn nim-ṣāʾ-bō dā-ḇār ṭōw {יַעַן נִמְצָא־ב֞וֹ דָּבָר ט֗וֹב | ya-ʽăn nim-ṣāʾ-bō dā-ḇār ṭōw} introduces divine evaluation “because there was found in him a good thing.” The locative bə-bêt yā-rā-ḇə-ʽām {בְּבֵ֥ית יָרָבְעָֽם | bə-bêt yā-rā-ḇə-ʽām} ‘in the house of Jeroboam’ confines the setting. English rendering preserves Hebrew word order to maintain emphasis on divine assessment and individual exception. |