עַל־סֵ֛פֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַל־סֵ֛פֶר

   al-SE-fer

   in the book of
2. clause🔊 הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REE ha-ya-MIM leh-mal-KHEE yis-ra-EL

   are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel
3. sentence🔊 וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י יוֹאָשׁ֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִלְחַ֔ם עִ֖ם אֲמַצְיָ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֑ה הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   veh-YEH-ter div-REE yo-ASH veh-KHOL-ah-SHER a-SA oo-geh-voo-raa-TO a-SHER nil-KHAM IM a-mats-YA MEH-lekh-yeh-HOO-dah ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REE ha-ya-MIM leh-mal-KHEE yis-ra-EL

   and the remainder of the words of Joash and all that did and his might that fought with Amaziah king of Judah are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase al-sefer {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר | ʿal-sēfer} anchors the claim in an archival source, and the stacked construct relationships divrei {דִּבְרֵ֥י | divrê} + hayamim {הַיָּמִ֖ים | hayyāmîm} + lemalkei {לְמַלְכֵ֥י | lə-malkê} + Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yiśrāʾēl} identify the register as the royal annals for Israel’s kings; English renders these chains as possessive “of” phrases to preserve the source relationships while keeping the rhetorical question intact.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ס־פ־רsamekh–pe–resh

“to count, record”