קְטֹ֥ן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 קְטֹ֥ן

   ke-TON

   small or youngest
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קְטֹ֥ן בָּנָֽיו׃

   ke-TON ba-NAV

   small or youngest of his sons
3. clause🔊 וְלֹ֤א נִשְׁאַר־לוֹ֙ בֵּ֔ן כִּ֥י אִם־יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז קְטֹ֥ן בָּנָֽיו׃

   ve-LO nish-AR-lo BEN KI im-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ke-TON ba-NAV

   and not was left to him a son for except Jehoahaz small or youngest of his sons
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּעֲל֤וּ בִֽיהוּדָה֙ וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ וַיִּשְׁבּ֗וּ אֵ֤ת כָּל־הָרְכוּשׁ֙ הַנִּמְצָ֣א לְבֵית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְגַם־בָּנָ֖יו וְנָשָׁ֑יו וְלֹ֤א נִשְׁאַר־לוֹ֙ בֵּ֔ן כִּ֥י אִם־יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז קְטֹ֥ן בָּנָֽיו׃

   va-ya-A-lu vi-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-ka-U-ha va-yish-BU ET KAL-ha-re-KHUSH ha-nim-TSA le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh ve-gam-ba-NAV ve-na-SHAV ve-LO nish-AR-lo BEN KI im-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ke-TON ba-NAV

   and they went up in Judah and they broke into it and they carried off captive all the property that was found for the house of the king and also his sons and his wives and not was left to him a son for except Jehoahaz small or youngest of his sons

Exegesis

The negation velo {וְלֹ֤א | və-lō’} ‘and not’ with nish'ar-lo {נִשְׁאַר־לוֹ֙ | niš-’ār-lō} ‘was left to him’ sets up the exception im-yehoachaz {אִם־יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז | ’im-Yə-hō-’ā-ḥāz} ‘except Jehoahaz,’ qualified by qeton {קְטֹ֥ן | qə-ṭōn} ‘youngest’ banav {בָּנָֽיו | bā-nāyw} ‘of his sons,’ creating a single heir outlier that heightens the totalizing effect. The English rendering preserves the momentum of successive actions and underscores the emphatic exception by contrast.

Root and etymology

q-ṭ-n🔊 qoph–tet–nun

“small; youngest”

• 🔊 קַטַּנָּהqa-ṭṭā-nālittle oneGenesis 19:20