לְמַלְכֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַלְכֵ֥י

   le-mal-KHEI

   of the kings of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   le-mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL

   of the kings of Israel
3. clause🔊 הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REI ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL

   behold, they written upon the book of the words or matters of the days of the kings of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִלְחַ֖ם וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלָ֑ךְ הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-YE-ter div-REI ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER nil-KHAM va-a-SHER ma-LAKH hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REI ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL

   and the remainder of the words or matters of Jeroboam which or that he fought and which or that he reigned behold, they written upon the book of the words or matters of the days of the kings of Israel

Exegesis

The construct al-sefer divrei hayamim {עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים | ’al-sē-fer də-vrē hā-yā-mīm} ‘in the book of the words of the days’ specifies the chronicle genre, and the phrase le-malkei Yisrael {לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | lə-mal-kē yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘concerning the kings of Israel’ defines the scope. This structure succinctly summarizes Jeroboam’s reign in a historical note.