ע֖וֹד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ע֖וֹד

   OD

   again or still
2. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־עָצַ֧ר כֹּֽחַ־יָרָבְעָ֛ם ע֖וֹד בִּימֵ֣י אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ

   ve-LO-A-tsar KO-akh-ya-ra-VE-am OD bi-ME a-vi-YA-hu

   and he did not restrain or hold back the strength of Jeroboam again or still in the days of Abijah
3. sentence🔊 וְלֹֽא־עָצַ֧ר כֹּֽחַ־יָרָבְעָ֛ם ע֖וֹד בִּימֵ֣י אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃

   ve-LO-A-tsar KO-akh-ya-ra-VE-am OD bi-ME a-vi-YA-hu va-yig-GE-hu ye-ho-VAH va-YA-mot

   and he did not restrain or hold back the strength of Jeroboam again or still in the days of Abijah and he struck him the LORD and he died

Exegesis

The phrase koach-yarovam {כֹּֽחַ־יָרָבְעָ֛ם | kōaḥ-yā-rā-və-ʿām} forms a construct relationship (“Jeroboam’s power”), while od {ע֖וֹד | ʿôḏ} adds the sense of “again/any more,” implying that earlier strength had been lost and did not return.