הִ֔יא

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הִ֔יא

   HI

   it was
2. clause🔊 וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ כִּ֤י מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ הִ֔יא לְמַ֖עַן תִּתָּ֣ם בְּיָ֑ד

   ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM HI le-MA-an ti-TAM be-YAD

   and did not listen Amaziah for from God it was in order that he might give them into the hand of
3. sentence🔊 וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ כִּ֤י מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ הִ֔יא לְמַ֖עַן תִּתָּ֣ם בְּיָ֑ד כִּ֣י דָֽרְשׁ֔וּ אֵ֖ת אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֱדֽוֹם׃

   ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM HI le-MA-an ti-TAM be-YAD KI da-re-SHU ET e-lo-HE e-DOM

   and did not listen Amaziah for from God it was in order that he might give them into the hand of because they had sought the gods of Edom

Exegesis

The clause ki mehaelohim hi {כִּי מֵהָאֱלֹהִים הִיא | kî mē-hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm hî} ‘for it is from God’ employs the feminine pronoun hi to attribute the action to divine agency.