בַבְּרִֽית׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַבְּרִֽית׃

   vab-be-RIT

   in the covenant
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עִמּ֥וֹ בַבְּרִֽית׃

   im-MO vab-be-RIT

   with him in the covenant
3. sentence🔊 וּבַשָּׁנָ֨ה הַשְּׁבִעִ֜ית הִתְחַזַּ֣ק יְהוֹיָדָ֗ע וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֣י הַמֵּא֡וֹת לַעֲזַרְיָ֣הוּ בֶן־יְרֹחָ֡ם וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־יְ֠הוֹחָנָן וְלַֽעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־עוֹבֵ֜ד וְאֶת־מַעֲשֵׂיָ֧הוּ בֶן־עֲדָיָ֛הוּ וְאֶת־אֱלִישָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־זִכְרִ֖י עִמּ֥וֹ בַבְּרִֽית׃

   u-va-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT hit-kha-ZAK ye-ho-ya-DA va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RE ha-me-OT la-a-zar-ya-HU ven-ye-ro-KHAM u-le-yish-ma-EL ben-ye-ho-kha-NAN ve-la-a-zar-ya-HU ven-o-VED ve-et-ma-a-se-ya-HU ven-a-da-ya-HU ve-et-e-li-sha-FAT ben-zik-RI im-MO vab-be-RIT

   and in the year the seventh he strengthened himself or took courage Jehoiada and he took the hundreds to Azariahu son of Jeroham and to Ishmael son of Jehohanan and to Azariahu son of Obed and son of Adaiahu and son of Zichri with him in the covenant

Exegesis

The closing prepositional sequence ʿimmô babbərît {עִמּ֥וֹ בַבְּרִֽית | ʿimmô babbərît} ‘with him in the covenant’ functions as the culmination of the action, interpreting the “taking” as bringing these officers into a formal alliance. English dashes are used to reflect the Hebrew’s flowing enumeration while keeping the final covenant phrase prominent.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ב־ר־תbet–resh–tav

“covenant”