יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

   yis-ra-EL

   of Israel
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

   ME-lekh yis-ra-EL

   king of Israel
3. clause🔊 בִּכְתָ֗ב דָּוִיד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃

   bikh-TAV da-VID ME-lekh yis-ra-EL u-ve-mikh-TAV she-lo-MO ve-NO

   in the writing of David king of Israel and in the writing of Solomon his son
4. sentence🔊 וְהָכִ֥ונוּ לְבֵית־אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בִּכְתָ֗ב דָּוִיד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃

   ve-ha-KHI-nu le-VET-a-vo-te-KHEM ke-makh-le-ko-te-KHEM bikh-TAV da-VID ME-lekh yis-ra-EL u-ve-mikh-TAV she-lo-MO ve-NO

   and prepare yourselves for the house of your fathers according to your divisions in the writing of David king of Israel and in the writing of Solomon his son

Exegesis

Two coordinated, parallel authority phrases then follow: biktav {בִּכְתָ֗ב | bi-ḵṯāḇ} ‘in writing’ linked with David melech Yisrael {דָּוִיד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | dā-wîḏ me-leḵ yiś-rā-ʾēl} and uvemikhtav {וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב | ū-ḇə-miḵ-ṯāḇ} ‘and in a document’ linked with Shlomoh veno {שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנֽוֹ | šə-lō-mōh bə-nô}. This balanced pairing foregrounds continuity of royal instruction, presenting the arrangement not as improvisation but as an established pattern grounded in written rulings attributed to David and confirmed through Solomon.