דִּבְרֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דִּבְרֵ֣י

   div-REI

   of the words or matters of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 דִּבְרֵ֣י יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם

   div-REI ya-ra-ve-AM

   of the words or matters of Jeroboam
3. clause🔊 וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִלְחַ֖ם וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלָ֑ךְ

   ve-YE-ter div-REI ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER nil-KHAM va-a-SHER ma-LAKH

   and the remainder of the words or matters of Jeroboam which or that he fought and which or that he reigned
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 chain divrei {דִּבְרֵי | də-vrē} ‘recorded matters’ links to the proper name Yarov'am {יָרָבְעָם | yā-rā-v-’ām}, and the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} introduces two summary clauses nilcham {נִלְחַם | nil-ḥām} ‘he fought’ and malakh {מָלַךְ | mā-lakh} ‘he reigned’.

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.

Root and etymology

d-b-r🔊 ד־ב־רdalet–bet–resh

“word, matter, thing”

• 🔊 מִדְבָּרmidbarwildernessExodus 3:1