דִּבְרֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דִּבְרֵ֥י

   div-RE

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

   ve-YE-ter div-RE ba-sha

   and the rest of the acts or words of Baasha
3. clause🔊 וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י בַעְשָׁ֛א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה וּגְבֽוּרָת֑וֹ

   ve-YE-ter div-RE ba-sha va-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO

   and the rest of the acts or words of Baasha and which he did and his might
4. sentence🔊 וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י בַעְשָׁ֛א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה וּגְבֽוּרָת֑וֹ הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-YE-ter div-RE ba-sha va-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL

   and the rest of the acts or words of Baasha and which he did and his might are they not written upon the book of the acts or words of the days of the kings of Israel

Exegesis

The construct chain divrei Baasha {דִּבְרֵי בַעְשָׁא | dibré ba-ʿa-šá} ‘events of Baasha’ is expanded by vaʾasher ʿasah {וַאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | va-ʾa-šér ʿā-sā} ‘what he did’, with uvegvurato {וּגְבוּרָת֑וֹ | u-gevurātō} ‘and his might’ functioning as a further descriptive addition.

Finally, ketuvim al-sefer divrei hayamim le-malkhei yisrael {כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל} employs nested construct chains ‘written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel’ to denote an authoritative royal archive.

Root and etymology

d-b-r🔊 dalet–bet–resh

“word; matter”

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