בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם

   bi-ru-sha-LA-yim

   in Jerusalem
2. clause🔊 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֛ם בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וַיִּמְלֹ֑ךְ

   va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-ME-lekh re-khav-AM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yim-LOKH

   and he strengthened himself or became strong the king Rehoboam in Jerusalem and he reigned
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֛ם בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וַיִּמְלֹ֑ךְ כִּ֣י בֶן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים וְאַחַ֣ת שָׁנָה֩ רְחַבְעָ֨ם בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ וּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֣ה מָלַ֣ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָ֠עִיר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָשׂ֨וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥וֹ שָׁם֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָֽעַמֹּנִֽית׃

   va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-ME-lekh re-khav-AM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yim-LOKH KI ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-khav-AM be-mal-KHO u-she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT

   and he strengthened himself or became strong the king Rehoboam in Jerusalem and he reigned for or indeed a son of forty and one {feminine} year Rehoboam in his reigning or when he began to reign and seven ten {in the teens} year he reigned in Jerusalem the city which he chose the LORD to put his name {direct object marker with} there from all tribes of Israel and the name of his mother Naamah the Ammonitess

Exegesis

The relative clause bi-Yerušālayim hā-ʿîr ʼăšer bāḥar YHWH lāšûm ʼet šəmô šām {בִּירוּשָׁלִַם הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַר יְהוָה לָשׂוּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥וֹ שָׁם} combines choice (Qal perfect bāḥar) with purpose (Qal infinitive lāšûm) to emphasize divine selection of Jerusalem as cultic site.