לְמַלְכֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַלְכֵ֥י

   le-mal-KHE

   of the kings of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL

   of the kings of Israel
3. clause🔊 הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ha-LO-heM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL

   are they not written upon the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י מְנַחֵ֖ם וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-YE-ter div-RE me-na-KHEM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-heM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL

   and the remainder of the matters of Menahem and all that he did are they not written upon the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Israel

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase al sefer {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר | ʿal sê-pher} “upon the book” links to the source text, while divrei hayamim {דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים | dib-rê hā-yā-mîm} “words of the days” serves as a technical term for annals, and lemalchei Yisrael {לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | lə-mal-ḵê yiś-rā-ʼēl} “to the kings of Israel” identifies scope. This structure exemplifies the Deuteronomistic historiographical formula for citing archival sources, and the translation places the passive verb early for natural English syntax.