רַ֕ק

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 רַ֕ק

   RAK

   only or except
2. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־סָ֞ר מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֗הוּ כֹּ֚ל יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו רַ֕ק בִּדְבַ֖ר אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּֽי׃

   ve-LO-SAAR mi-KOL a-sher-tsi-VA-hu KOL ye-ME kha-YAV RAK bid-VAR u-ri-YA ha-khi-TI

   and he did not turn aside from all that he commanded him all days of his life only or except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite
3. sentence🔊 אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֥ה דָוִ֛ד אֶת־הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־סָ֞ר מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֗הוּ כֹּ֚ל יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו רַ֕ק בִּדְבַ֖ר אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּֽי׃

   a-SHER a-SA da-VID et-ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-SAAR mi-KOL a-sher-tsi-VA-hu KOL ye-ME kha-YAV RAK bid-VAR u-ri-YA ha-khi-TI

   because or that he did David the right thing in the eyes of the LORD and he did not turn aside from all that he commanded him all days of his life only or except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite

Exegesis

The restrictive particle raq {רַק | raq} sharply limits the exception, and bidvar ʾuriyyah ha-ḥittî {בִּדְבַר אוּרִיָּה הַחִתִּי | bidvar ʾûrîyāh ha-ḥittî} specifies it as a single notorious “matter,” producing a rhetorical contrast between overarching obedience and one defining breach.