וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙

   va-a-khi-YA-hu

   and Ahijah
2. clause🔊 וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃

   va-a-khi-YA-hu lo-YA-khol lir-OT KI ka-MU e-NA-v mi-se-VO

   and Ahijah was not able to see for or because had arisen his eyes from his grayness or from old age
3. sentence🔊 וַתַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַתָּ֙קָם֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַתָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית אֲחִיָּ֑ה וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃

   va-ta-AS KEN E-shet ya-rav-AM va-ta-KAM va-te-LEKH shi-LO va-ta-VO BET a-khi-YA va-a-khi-YA-hu lo-YA-khol lir-OT KI ka-MU e-NA-v mi-se-VO

   and she did so or thus wife of Jeroboam and she arose and she went to Shiloh and she came house of Ahijah and Ahijah was not able to see for or because had arisen his eyes from his grayness or from old age

Exegesis

The phrase beit Achiya is a construct chain where beit {בֵּ֣ית | bē-ṯ} ‘house of’ modifies Achiya {אֲחִיָּ֑ה | ʾă-ḥî-yā} ‘Ahijah’, and vaAchiyahu {וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ | va-ʾă-ḥî-yā-hû} shifts focus to the seer.