הַנָּבִיא֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַנָּבִיא֙

   ha-na-VI

   the prophet
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה הַנָּבִיא֙

   u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI

   and Shemaiah the prophet
3. clause🔊 וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה הַנָּבִיא֙ בָּ֣א אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֔ם וְשָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם מִפְּנֵ֣י שִׁישָׁ֑ק

   u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI BA el-re-kha-ve-AM ve-sa-RE ye-hu-DA a-sher-ne-e-se-FU el-ye-ru-sha-LIM mip-ne shi-SHAK

   and Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had been gathered to Jerusalem because of Shishak
4. sentence🔊 וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה הַנָּבִיא֙ בָּ֣א אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֔ם וְשָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם מִפְּנֵ֣י שִׁישָׁ֑ק וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַתֶּם֙ עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִ֔י וְאַף־אֲנִ֛י עָזַ֥בְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּיַד־שִׁישָֽׁק׃

   u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI BA el-re-kha-ve-AM ve-sa-RE ye-hu-DA a-sher-ne-e-se-FU el-ye-ru-sha-LIM mip-ne shi-SHAK va-yo-MER la-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH a-TEM a-zav-TEM o-TI ve-af-a-NI a-zav-TI et-khem be-YAD-shi-SHAK

   and Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had been gathered to Jerusalem because of Shishak and he said to them thus said the LORD you you abandoned me and also I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak

Exegesis

The clause opens with the subject ushemayah {וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה | û-šə-maʿ-yāh} followed by the appositional title hanavi {הַנָּבִיא֙ | ha-nā-vîʾ} ‘the prophet,’ establishing prophetic authority before any speech is reported.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 נ־ב־אNun–Bet–Aleph

“one who proclaims”

• 🔊 נְבוּאָהnəvûʾâprophecy2 Chronicles 9:29