דִּבְרֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דִּבְרֵ֥י

   div-RE

   of the words or acts of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 דִּבְרֵ֥י אֵלָ֖ה

   div-RE e-LA

   of the words or acts of Elah
3. clause🔊 וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י אֵלָ֖ה וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה

   ve-YE-ter div-RE e-LA ve-khol-e-SHER a-SA

   and the rest of the words or acts of Elah and all that he did
4. sentence🔊 וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י אֵלָ֖ה וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-YE-ter div-RE e-LA ve-khol-e-SHER a-SA ha-lo-E-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL

   and the rest of the words or acts of Elah and all that he did are they not written on or in the book of the words or acts of the days of the kings of Israel

Exegesis

The construct divrei Elah {דִּבְרֵי אֵלָה | di-vré ʾē-lāh} specifies the category of royal records, while the coordinated phrase vekol-asher asah {וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | wə-kol-ʼa-šer ʻa-sā} underscores comprehensive coverage.

The phrase al-sefer divrei hayamim lemalchei Yisrael {עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | al-sê-fer di-vré hā-yā-mím lə-mal-khê yis-rā-ʼél} refers to an established annalistic source. English rendering reorders the Hebrew construct chains for natural flow while preserving the rhetorical interrogative and official register.

Root and etymology

“word, matter”

• 🔊 מִדְבָּרmîd-bārwildernessplace of revelation