וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ

   va-yig-GE-hu

   and he struck him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ יְהוָ֖ה

   va-yig-GE-hu ye-ho-VAH

   and he struck him the LORD
3. clause🔊 וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃

   va-yig-GE-hu ye-ho-VAH va-YA-mot

   and he struck him the LORD and he died
4. 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 second half advances with wayyiqtol narration: vayiggepehu {וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ | way-yig-gə-p̄ê-hû} introduces decisive divine action, and the explicit subject YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh} follows the verb, a common Hebrew ordering that foregrounds the act and then identifies the Actor.