וְלֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֥א

   ve-LO

   and not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א עָצְר֖וּ

   ve-LO ats-RU

   and not they held back or they restrained
3. clause🔊 כְּהִֽתְחַבֶּרְךָ֣ עִם־אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ פָּרַ֤ץ יְהוָה֙ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ אֳנִיּ֔וֹת וְלֹ֥א עָצְר֖וּ לָלֶ֥כֶת אֶל־תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃

   ke-hit-kha-BER-kha im-a-khaz-ya-HU PA-rats ye-ho-VAH et-ma-a-SE-kha va-yish-SHA-vru o-ni-YOT ve-LO ats-RU la-LE-khet el-tar-SHISH

   when you joined yourself with Ahaziah he has broken out against or he has burst forth against the LORD your work or your deeds and they were broken ships and not they held back or they restrained to go to Tarshish
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞א אֱלִיעֶ֤זֶר בֶּן־דֹּדָוָ֙הוּ֙ מִמָּ֣רֵשָׁ֔ה עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּהִֽתְחַבֶּרְךָ֣ עִם־אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ פָּרַ֤ץ יְהוָה֙ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ אֳנִיּ֔וֹת וְלֹ֥א עָצְר֖וּ לָלֶ֥כֶת אֶל־תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃

   va-yit-na-BE e-li-E-zer ben-do-da-VA-hu mim-ma-RE-sha al-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR ke-hit-kha-BER-kha im-a-khaz-ya-HU PA-rats ye-ho-VAH et-ma-a-SE-kha va-yish-SHA-vru o-ni-YOT ve-LO ats-RU la-LE-khet el-tar-SHISH

   and he prophesied Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah against Jehoshaphat saying when you joined yourself with Ahaziah he has broken out against or he has burst forth against the LORD your work or your deeds and they were broken ships and not they held back or they restrained to go to Tarshish

Exegesis

The ensuing Niphal imperfect wayyišābberū {וַיִּשָּׁבְרוּ | wayyišābberū} ‘and they were broken’ denotes the ships’ destruction, while wə-lōʾ ʿāṣərū lāleḵet ʾel-Taršīš {וְלֹא עָצְרוּ לָלֶכֶת אֶל־תַּרְשִׁישׁ | wə-lōʾ ʿāṣərū lāleḵet ʾel-Taršīš} ‘and were not able to go to Tarshish’ describes the failed endeavor. The structure highlights a clear cause-and-effect pattern linking political alliance to divine retribution.