כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ

   ki-ya-ATS

   that he has determined
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ אֱלֹהִים֙

   ki-ya-ATS e-lo-HIM

   that he has determined God
3. clause🔊 וַיֶּחְדַּ֣ל הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ לַעֲצָתִֽי׃

   va-ye-KHAD-dal ha-na-VI va-yo-MER ya-DAT-ti ki-ya-ATS e-lo-HIM le-hash-khi-TE-kha ki-a-SI-ta ZOT ve-LO sha-MAT-ta la-a-tsa-TI

   so he stopped the prophet and he said I know that he has determined God to destroy you because you have done this and not you listened to my counsel
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בְּדַבְּר֣וֹ אֵלָ֗יו וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ הַלְיוֹעֵ֤ץ לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ נְתַנּ֔וּךָ חֲדַל־לְךָ֖ לָ֣מָּה יַכּ֑וּךָ וַיֶּחְדַּ֣ל הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ לַעֲצָתִֽי׃

   va-ye-HI be-dab-RO e-LA-yv va-yo-MER LO hal-yo-ETS la-ME-lekh ne-tan-NU-kha kha-DAL-le-kha LA-ma yak-KU-kha va-ye-KHAD-dal ha-na-VI va-yo-MER ya-DAT-ti ki-ya-ATS e-lo-HIM le-hash-khi-TE-kha ki-a-SI-ta ZOT ve-LO sha-MAT-ta la-a-tsa-TI

   and it happened as he was speaking to him and he said to him as a counselor for the king have they appointed you stop for yourself why should they strike you so he stopped the prophet and he said I know that he has determined God to destroy you because you have done this and not you listened to my counsel

Exegesis

A second vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר | wa·yō·mer} leads into the prophetic oracle: yadati {יָדַ֗עְתִּי | yā·ḏa·tî} ‘I know,’ the causal conjunction-verb ki-ya‘atz {כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ | kî-yā·‘aṣ} ‘for he counseled,’ Elohim {אֱלֹהִים֙ | ʾĕ·lō·hîm} ‘God,’ and the Hifil infinitive lehashchitecha {לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ | lə·haš·ṣî·ṯe·ḵā} ‘to destroy you.’

Root and etymology

י־ע־צ🔊 yod–ayin–tsade

“to advise”

• 🔊 עֵצָהetzahcounselProverbs 20:18