| 7. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the cataloging formula veyeter {וְיֶ֨תֶר | wə-ye-ter} ‘and the remainder’, which introduces the summary of Abijam’s deeds. 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. The interrogative halohem {הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם | hə-lōʾ-hēm} ‘are they not’ frames a rhetorical question presuming an authoritative record. The passive participle ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | kə-tu-wə-vīm} ‘written’, with its governing phrase al sefer divrei hayamim le-malkhê Yehudah {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה | ʿal-sē-fer dib-rē ha-yā-mîm lə-malkhê yə-hū-dāh}, denotes the official chronicle source. 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. |