| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The verse is driven by two sequential wayyiqtol verbs, vayakam {וַיָּקָם | wayyāqām} ‘rose’ followed by vayimrod {וַיִּמְרֹד | wayyimrōḏ} ‘rebelled’, a classic Hebrew narrative pattern that presents actions as a tight cause-and-effect sequence: he “rose” and then “rebelled.” Between these verbs, the text stacks two identifying chains—yaravam ben-nevat {יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט | yārāḇəʿām ben-nəḇāṭ} and eved shelomoh ben-david {עֶבֶד שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן־דָּוִיד | ʿeḇeḏ šəlōmōh ben-dāwîḏ}—to frame Jeroboam’s act as rebellion not merely against a man, but against an established hierarchy rooted in the Davidic house. The prepositional phrase ʿal-ʾăḏōnāv {עַל־אֲדֹנָיו | ʿal-ʾăḏōnāw} ‘against his master’ places the offense in relational terms (subordinate versus superior), sharpening the accusation. In English, the waw-linked Hebrew verbs are rendered with coordinated past-tense clauses, while the construct relationships are communicated through “son of” and genitive-like phrasing to preserve the verse’s emphasis on lineage and authority. |