וּבְנֵ֨י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבְנֵ֨י

   u-ve-NE

   and sons of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבְנֵ֨י אֲחֵ֧י אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּ

   u-ve-NE a-KHE a-khaz-ya-HU

   and sons of brothers of Ahaziah
3. clause🔊 וַיִּמְצָא֩ אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֜ה וּבְנֵ֨י אֲחֵ֧י אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּ מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים לַאֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ וַיַּהַרְגֵֽם׃

   va-yim-TSA et-sa-RE ye-hu-DA u-ve-NE a-KHE a-khaz-ya-HU me-sha-re-TIM la-a-khaz-ya-HU va-ya-har-GEM

   and he found {direct object} princes of Judah and sons of brothers of Ahaziah serving to Ahaziah and he killed them
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֕י כְּהִשָּׁפֵ֥ט יֵה֖וּא עִם־בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וַיִּמְצָא֩ אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֜ה וּבְנֵ֨י אֲחֵ֧י אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּ מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים לַאֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ וַיַּהַרְגֵֽם׃

   va-ye-HI ke-hish-PA-fet ye-HU im-BET a-khAV va-yim-TSA et-sa-RE ye-hu-DA u-ve-NE a-KHE a-khaz-ya-HU me-sha-re-TIM la-a-khaz-ya-HU va-ya-har-GEM

   and it happened when judging Jehu with the house of Ahab and he found {direct object} princes of Judah and sons of brothers of Ahaziah serving to Ahaziah and he killed them

Exegesis

The direct object marker et introduces the definite noun phrases sarei Yehudah {שָׂרֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֜ה | śā-rê Yə-hû-dāh} and u-bnei achei Achazyahu {וּבְנֵ֨י אֲחֵ֧י אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּ | wə-bənê ʼă-ḥê ʼaḥ-a-zyā·hû}, both further specified by the participial clause meshartim la-Achazyahu {מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים לַאֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ | mə-šā-rə-tîm la-ʼaḥ-a-zyā·hû}.