לַעְזֹ֔ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לַעְזֹ֔ר

   la-e-ZOR

   to help
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הֲלָרָשָׁ֣ע לַעְזֹ֔ר

   ha-la-ra-SHA la-e-ZOR

   to the wicked one to help
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֣א אֶל־פָּנָ֗יו יֵה֣וּא בֶן־חֲנָ֘נִי֮ הַחֹזֶה֒ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔ט הֲלָרָשָׁ֣ע לַעְזֹ֔ר וּלְשֹׂנְאֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה תֶּאֱהָ֑ב

   va-ye-TSAY el-pa-NA-v ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-kho-ZE va-yo-MER el-ha-ME-lekh ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-la-ra-SHA la-e-ZOR u-le-so-ne-E ye-ho-VAH te-e-HAV

   and he went out to his face or to meet him Jehu son of Hanani the seer and he said to the king Jehoshaphat to the wicked one to help and those hating the LORD you love
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֣א אֶל־פָּנָ֗יו יֵה֣וּא בֶן־חֲנָ֘נִי֮ הַחֹזֶה֒ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔ט הֲלָרָשָׁ֣ע לַעְזֹ֔ר וּלְשֹׂנְאֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה תֶּאֱהָ֑ב וּבָזֹאת֙ עָלֶ֣יךָ קֶּ֔צֶף מִלִּפְנֵ֖י יְהוָֽה׃

   va-ye-TSAY el-pa-NA-v ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-kho-ZE va-yo-MER el-ha-ME-lekh ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-la-ra-SHA la-e-ZOR u-le-so-ne-E ye-ho-VAH te-e-HAV u-va-ZOT a-LE-kha KE-tsef mi-lif-NE ye-ho-VAH

   and he went out to his face or to meet him Jehu son of Hanani the seer and he said to the king Jehoshaphat to the wicked one to help and those hating the LORD you love and in this upon you wrath from before the LORD

Exegesis

In the address to the king, the interrogative particle ha-larasha {הֲלָרָשָׁ֣ע | hă-lā-rā-šāʿ} frames a rhetorical question that pairs with the infinitive la‘azor {לַעְזֹ֔ר | la-ʿā-ẓôr} ‘to help’ and the coordinated u-lesonei {וּלְשֹׂנְאֵ֥י | ū-lə-ṣō-neʾ} ‘and to those who hate,’ leading into the imperfect te‘ehav {תֶּאֱהָ֑ב | te-ʾə-hāḇ} ‘you love.’