יְהוָ֥ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְהוָ֥ה

   Ye-ho-VAH

   LORD
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יְהוָ֥ה הַטּ֖וֹב

   Ye-ho-VAH ha-TOV

   LORD the good
3. clause🔊 כִּי֩ הִתְפַּלֵּ֨ל יְחִזְקִיָּ֤הוּ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְהוָ֥ה הַטּ֖וֹב יְכַפֵּ֥ר בְּעַֽד׃

   KI hit-pa-LEL ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu a-le-HEM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH ha-TOV ye-kha-PER be-AD

   for he had prayed Hezekiah for them saying LORD the good may he make atonement or pardon on behalf of
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י מַרְבִּ֣ית הָעָ֡ם רַ֠בַּת מֵֽאֶפְרַ֨יִם וּמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה יִשָּׂשכָ֤ר וּזְבֻלוּן֙ לֹ֣א הִטֶּהָ֔רוּ כִּֽי־אָכְל֥וּ אֶת־הַפֶּ֖סַח בְּלֹ֣א כַכָּת֑וּב כִּי֩ הִתְפַּלֵּ֨ל יְחִזְקִיָּ֤הוּ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְהוָ֥ה הַטּ֖וֹב יְכַפֵּ֥ר בְּעַֽד׃

   KI mar-BIT ha-AM ra-BAT me-ef-ra-YIM u-me-na-SHE yis-sa-sa-KHAR u-ze-vu-LUN LO hit-te-ha-RU ki-AKH-lu et-ha-PE-sakh be-LO kha-ka-TUV KI hit-pa-LEL ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu a-le-HEM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH ha-TOV ye-kha-PER be-AD

   for a multitude of the people many from Ephraim and from Manasseh Issachar and Zebulun not had cleansed themselves yet they ate the Passover without as it is written for he had prayed Hezekiah for them saying LORD the good may he make atonement or pardon on behalf of

Exegesis

The second ki {כִּי | kî} introduces Hezekiah’s intercession, with hitpallel {הִתְפַּלֵּל | hit-păl-lêl} ‘he prayed’ and the jussive piel yekhapper {יְכַפֵּ֥ר | yă-ḥă-p-pêr} ‘may he atone’, articulating a petition to YHWH {יְהוָ֥ה | yĕ-hō-wāh}. The structure contrasts covenantal obligation with royal intercession, highlighting the theme of atonement.

Root and etymology

h-w-h🔊 ה־ו־הheh–vav–heh

“to be, exist”

• 🔊 אֶהְיֶהehyehI AmExodus 3:14