וְאֵת֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאֵת֩

   ve-ET

   and
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאֵת֩ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה

   ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA

   and Amaziah king of Judah
3. clause🔊 וְאֵת֩ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה בֶּן־יוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז תָּפַ֛שׂ יוֹאָ֥שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ

   ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh

   and Amaziah king of Judah son of Joash son of Jehoahaz captured Joash king of Israel in Shemesh
4. sentence🔊 וְאֵת֩ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה בֶּן־יוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז תָּפַ֛שׂ יוֹאָ֥שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם מִשַּׁ֤עַר אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ עַד־שַׁ֣עַר הַפּוֹנֶ֔ה אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אַמָּֽה׃

   ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh va-ye-vi-E-HU ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mish-SHA-ar ef-ra-YIM ad-SHA-ar ha-po-NE ar-BA me-OT a-MA

   and Amaziah king of Judah son of Joash son of Jehoahaz captured Joash king of Israel in Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem and broke through in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim up to the gate of the corner four hundreds cubit

Exegesis

The verse begins with ve’et {וְאֵת֩ | wə-’ēṯ} signaling the direct object in an OSV sequence, followed by amatsyahu {אֲמַצְיָהוּ | ʼă-maṣ-yā-hû} ‘Amaziah’ with the construct melekh-yehudah {מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה | mê-leḵ yə-hû-dāh} ‘king of Judah’, ben-yoash {בֶּן־יוֹאָ֣שׁ | ben yō-’āš} ‘son of Joash’, and ben-yehoachaz {בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז | ben yə-hō-’ā-ḥăz} ‘son of Jehoahaz’.