אֲבִיָּם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲבִיָּם֙

   a-vi-YAM

   Abijam
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י אֲבִיָּם֙

   ve-YE-ter div-RE a-vi-YAM

   and the rest of the acts or words of Abijam
3. clause🔊 וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י אֲבִיָּם֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה

   ve-YE-ter div-RE a-vi-YAM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA

   and the rest of the acts or words of Abijam and all that he did are they not written on or in the book of the acts or words of the days of the kings of Judah
4. sentence🔊 וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י אֲבִיָּם֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה הָיְתָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין אֲבִיָּ֖ם וּבֵ֥ין יָרָבְעָֽם׃

   ve-YE-ter div-RE a-vi-YAM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA u-mil-kha-MA ha-ye-TA BEN a-vi-YAM u-VEN ya-rav-AM

   and the rest of the acts or words of Abijam and all that he did are they not written on or in the book of the acts or words of the days of the kings of Judah and war there was between Abijam and between Jeroboam

Exegesis

This is followed by the construct chain divrei Aviyam {דִּבְרֵי אֲבִיָּם | dib-rē ʾă-vi-yām} ‘words of Abijam’, expanded by the relative clause ve-khol-asher asah {וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | wə-khol-ʾă-šer ʿā-śāh} ‘and all that he did’, emphasizing completeness.

In the coordinated clause u-milchamah hayetah bein Aviyam u-bein Yarovam {וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה הָיְתָ֛ה בֵּ֥ן אֲבִיָּ֖ם וּבֵ֥ן יָרָבְעָֽם | u-mil-ḥā-māh hā-yə-tāh bēn ʾă-vi-yām u-bēn yā-rā-ḇō-ʿām} ‘and war was between Abijam and Jeroboam’, the verb hayetah conveys existence and the parallel prepositions bein and u-bein bracket the two parties, highlighting bilateral conflict.

Root and etymology

ʾ-v🔊 א־בaleph–bet

“father”

• 🔊 אָבוֹתabōtancestorsGenesis 46:26