כִּֽי־שִׂמְּחָ֥ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־שִׂמְּחָ֥ם

   ki-sim-me-KHAM

   for he made them rejoice
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־שִׂמְּחָ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה

   ki-sim-me-KHAM ye-ho-VAH

   for he made them rejoice the LORD
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־שִׂמְּחָ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה מֵֽאוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃

   ki-sim-me-KHAM ye-ho-VAH me-o-ye-VE-hem

   for he made them rejoice the LORD from their enemies
4. sentence🔊 וַ֠יָּשֻׁבוּ כָּל־אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדָ֤ה וִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם לָשׁ֥וּב אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה כִּֽי־שִׂמְּחָ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה מֵֽאוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃

   va-ya-SHU-vu KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-sim-KHA ki-sim-me-KHAM ye-ho-VAH me-o-ye-VE-hem

   and they returned every man of Judah and of Jerusalem and Jehoshaphat at their head to return to Jerusalem with rejoicing for he made them rejoice the LORD from their enemies

Exegesis

The causal clause introduced by ki-simcham {כִּֽי־שִׂמְּחָ֥ם | kî-sîm·ḥām} ‘for he caused them to rejoice’ uses a Hiphil perfect to attribute the action to YHWH {יְהוָה | yəhō·wāh} ‘the LORD,’ and the phrase me-oyveihem {מֵֽאוֹיְבֵיהֶם | mē·’ō·yᵉ·vē·hēm} ‘from their enemies’ indicates the source of divine intervention. The English renderings preserve Hebrew word order and causal emphasis while employing idiomatic prepositional and subordinate structures.