| 3. Linguistic Exegesis This verse begins with wayyichar {וַיִּֽחַר | wayyîḥar} ‘and it burned’, a waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect verb, followed by ’ap̄ {אַף | ʾāp̄} ‘anger’ and the divine name Yahweh {יְהוָ֖ה | Yəhôwāh} ‘LORD’, combining to express “the anger of the LORD.” The prepositional phrase be-yisrā’ēl {בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-yisrāʾēl} ‘against Israel’ marks the object of divine wrath. The next clause uses another waw-consecutive wayyittenem {וַיִּתְּנֵם | wayyittnēm} ‘and he gave them’, followed by a parallel coordinate structure of bə-yad khaza’el {בְּיַד חֲזָאֵ֣ל | bə-yad ḥăzāʾēl} ‘into the hand of Hazael’ and wə-bə-yad Ben-Hadad ben-khaza’el {וּבְיַד בֶּן־הֲדַ֥ד בֶּן־חֲזָאֵ֖ל | wə-bə-yad ben-ḥaḏāḏ ben-ḥăzāʾēl} ‘and into the hand of Ben-Hadad son of Hazael’, underscoring dual subjugation. The temporal phrase kol hayyāmîm {כָּל־הַיָּמִים | kol hayyāmîm} ‘all the days’ conveys the ongoing duration. Maintaining the coordinate “into the hand of … and into the hand of …” preserves the emphatic parallelism and timeline of events. |