לָ֥תֶת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָ֥תֶת

   la-TET

   to give
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לָ֥תֶת לְךָ֖

   la-TET le-KHA

   to give to you
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים יֵ֚שׁ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לָ֥תֶת לְךָ֖ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מִזֶּֽה׃

   va-yo-MER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM YESH la-ye-ho-VAH la-TET le-KHA har-BE mi-ZE

   and he said the man of God there is for the LORD to give to you much than this
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ לְאִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וּמַֽה־לַּעֲשׂוֹת֙ לִמְאַ֣ת הַכִּכָּ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִגְד֣וּד יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים יֵ֚שׁ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לָ֥תֶת לְךָ֖ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מִזֶּֽה׃

   va-yo-MER a-mats-ya-HU le-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM u-MA-la-a-sot lim-AT ha-ki-KAR a-SHER na-TAT-ti lig-DUD yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM YESH la-ye-ho-VAH la-TET le-KHA har-BE mi-ZE

   and he said Amaziah to the man of God and what to do for the hundred of the talents which I gave to the troop of Israel and he said the man of God there is for the LORD to give to you much than this

Exegesis

In the reply, the existential yesh {יֵשׁ | yēš} ‘there is’ precedes the divine name layhwh {לַיהוָה | la-yə-hô-wāh} ‘the LORD’, creating emphasis, and the infinitival purpose clause latet lekha harbeh mizeh {לָתֶת לְךָ הַרְבֵּה מִזֶּה | lāṯēṯ lə-kā harbē mizzeh} ‘to give you much more than this’ preserves the beneficiary and comparative construction. The repetition of vayomer frames a dialogic inclusio, accentuating the contrast between human outlay and divine bounty.