יַ֠עַן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יַ֠עַן

   YA-an

   because
2. clause🔊 וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיֹּאמֶר֮ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיֹּ֜אמֶר כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה יַ֠עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ אֲרָם֙ אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָרִים֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־אֱלֹהֵ֥י עֲמָקִ֖ים ה֑וּא

   va-yig-GASH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an a-SHER am-RU a-RAM e-lo-HE ha-RIM ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-e-lo-HE a-ma-KIM HU

   and he came near a man of God and he said to the king of Israel and he said thus said the LORD because that they said Aram God of mountains the LORD and not God of valleys he is
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיֹּאמֶר֮ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיֹּ֜אמֶר כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה יַ֠עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ אֲרָם֙ אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָרִים֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־אֱלֹהֵ֥י עֲמָקִ֖ים ה֑וּא וְ֠נָתַתִּי אֶת־כָּל־הֶהָמ֨וֹן הַגָּד֤וֹל הַזֶּה֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

   va-yig-GASH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an a-SHER am-RU a-RAM e-lo-HE ha-RIM ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-e-lo-HE a-ma-KIM HU ve-na-TAT-ti et-kol-he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL ha-ZE be-ya-DE-kha vi-da-TE-tem ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH

   and he came near a man of God and he said to the king of Israel and he said thus said the LORD because that they said Aram God of mountains the LORD and not God of valleys he is and I will give all the multitude the great this into your hand and you shall know that I am the LORD

Exegesis

The causal yaʿan {יַעַן | yaʿan} “because” introduces rationale leading into the parallel clause ʾăšer āmərû ʾāram ʾĕlōhē hārîm yəhōwāh wĕlō’ ʾĕlōhē ʿămāqîm hûʾ {אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ אֲרָם אֱלֹהֵי הָרִים יְהוָה וְלֹא־אֱלֹהֵי עֲמָקִים ה֑וּא | ʾăšer āmərû ʾāram ʾĕlōhē hārîm yəhōwāh wĕlō’ ʾĕlōhē ʿămāqîm hûʾ} “because Aram said the LORD is god of the hills but not of the valleys,” employing parallelism to assert God’s universal dominion.