| 18. Linguistic Exegesis The formula veyeter {וְיֶ֖תֶר | və-yé-ter} “and the rest” introduces a concluding summary to the royal narrative. The construct chain divrei amatsyahu {דִּבְרֵי אֲמַצְיָהוּ | div-rê ă-ma-tsə-yā-hū} links the king with his deeds. The interrogative halo-hem {הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם | hä-lō-hĕm} “are they not” forms a rhetorical question expecting affirmation. The participle ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | kə-tū-vîm} “written” with al-sefer {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר | ʿal-sê-fer} “in the book” denotes formal archival recording. The phrase divrei hayamim {דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים | div-rê hā-yā-mîm} “accounts of the days” signals official annals, and lemalkei yehudah {לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה | lə-mal-kê yĕ-hū-dāh} situates the record within Judah’s dynastic history. |