וּבְעָרֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבְעָרֵ֣י

   u-ve-a-RE

   and in the cities of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבְעָרֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם

   u-ve-a-RE e-fe-RA-yim

   and in the cities of Ephraim
3. clause🔊 וַיִּתֵּ֤ן נְצִיבִים֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבְעָרֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָכַ֖ד אָסָ֥א אָבִֽיו׃

   va-yit-TEN ne-tsi-VIM be-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-ve-a-RE e-fe-RA-yim a-SHER la-KHAD a-SA a-VI-v

   and he put or set garrisons or officers in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which or that he captured Asa his father
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּ֨תֶּן־חַ֔יִל בְּכָל־עָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה הַבְּצֻר֑וֹת וַיִּתֵּ֤ן נְצִיבִים֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבְעָרֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָכַ֖ד אָסָ֥א אָבִֽיו׃

   va-yit-TEN-kha-YIL be-KHOL-a-RE ye-hu-DA ha-be-tsu-ROT va-yit-TEN ne-tsi-VIM be-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-ve-a-RE e-fe-RA-yim a-SHER la-KHAD a-SA a-VI-v

   and he put or placed strength or forces in all the cities of Judah the fortified {ones} or the fortified {cities} and he put or set garrisons or officers in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which or that he captured Asa his father

Exegesis

The repetition wayyiṯen nᵉṣīvīm {וַיִּתֵּ֤ן נְצִיבִים֙ | wayyiṯen nᵉṣīvīm} parallels appointing garrisons in two domains: bᵉʾereṣ-Yehudah {בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה | bᵉʾereṣ-Yehudah} and u-bᵉ’ārei-’Ephrayim {וּבְעָרֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם | u-bᵉ’ārei ’Ephrayim}.