הָרַ֣ג

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הָרַ֣ג

   ha-RAG

   killed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הָרַ֣ג הַגְּד֔וּד

   ha-RAG hag-de-DUD

   killed the band
3. clause🔊 וַיַּמְלִיכוּ֩ יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם אֶת־אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ בְנ֤וֹ הַקָּטֹן֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו כִּ֤י כָל־הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙ הָרַ֣ג הַגְּד֔וּד הַבָּ֥א בָֽעַרְבִ֖ים לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה

   va-yam-li-KHU yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim et-a-khaz-ya-HU ve-NO ha-ka-TON takh-TAV KI khol-ha-ri-sho-NIM ha-RAG hag-de-DUD ha-BA ba-re-VIM lam-ma-kha-NE

   and they made king inhabitants of Jerusalem Ahaziah {direct object} his son the youngest in his place for all the former ones killed the band that came with the Arabians to the camp
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּמְלִיכוּ֩ יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם אֶת־אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ בְנ֤וֹ הַקָּטֹן֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו כִּ֤י כָל־הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙ הָרַ֣ג הַגְּד֔וּד הַבָּ֥א בָֽעַרְבִ֖ים לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹרָ֖ם מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

   va-yam-li-KHU yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim et-a-khaz-ya-HU ve-NO ha-ka-TON takh-TAV KI khol-ha-ri-sho-NIM ha-RAG hag-de-DUD ha-BA ba-re-VIM lam-ma-kha-NE va-yim-LOKH a-khaz-ya-HU ben-ye-ho-RAM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA

   and they made king inhabitants of Jerusalem Ahaziah {direct object} his son the youngest in his place for all the former ones killed the band that came with the Arabians to the camp and he reigned Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal clause in which haggedud haba {הַגְּדוּד הַבָּא | haggəḏûd habbāʼ} ‘the troop that came’ is modified by ba‘arvim lamachane {בָּעַרְבִים לַמַּחֲנֶה | baˈarvîm lammaḥănê} ‘with the Arabs to the camp’; the Qal perfect harag {הָרַג | hā-rāg} ‘had killed’ predicates over harishonim {הָרִאשֹׁנִים | hārîšônîm} ‘the older sons’.

Root and etymology

r-g-ʻ🔊 ר־ג־עresh–gimel–ayin

“to kill”

• 🔊 רִצְחָהratzachmurder1 Samuel 19:8