| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with veyeter {וְיֶ֨תֶר | wə-yé-ter} ‘and the rest’, the coordinating expression signaling continued material. The construct chain divrei Yehoachaz {דִּבְרֵ֧י יְהוֹאָחָ֛ז | dǐv-rê Yə-hō-ʼā-ḥāz} ‘words of Jehoahaz’ identifies the acts attributed to the king, and the relative clause vekhol asher asah {וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה | wə-kʰōl ʼă-šer ʿā-sāh} ‘all that he did’ extends to his entire record. The vav-consecutive in ugevurato {וּגְבוּרָת֑וֹ | ū-ḡə-bū-rā-tō} ‘and his might’ adds the king’s valor to the enumeration. The interrogative halo {הֲלוֹא־ | hă-lōʼ} ‘is it not’ with hem {הֵ֣ם | hēm} ‘they’ frames a rhetorical question expecting affirmation. The participle ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | kə-tū-vīm} ‘are written’ paired with al-sefer divrei hayamim {עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים | ʿal-sē-per dǐv-rê ha-yā-mîm} ‘in the book of chronicles’ specifies the archival source, and lemalchei Yisrael {לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | lə-mal-kĕ-̄ḥē Yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘for the kings of Israel’ links the records to the Israelite monarchy. The triadic list of acts, deeds, and might, concluded by a rhetorical question, underscores the authoritative completeness of the royal annals. |