| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with veyeter {וְיֶתֶר | wə-yé-ṯer} “and the rest,” a narrative summary marker introducing additional material. This is followed by divrei {דִּבְרֵ֥י | dib-rê} “words” in construct relation with menachem {מְנַחֵ֖ם | mə-nā-ḥêm}, forming a possessive. The conjunction vechol {וְכָל־ | wə-ḵōl} “and all” broadens scope, and the relative clause asher asah {אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה | ʼă-šer ʿā-sā} “which he did” specifies the deeds. The interrogative halo hem ketuvim {הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים | hâ-lōʾ hēm kə-tû-wîm} “are they not written” introduces a rhetorical question. 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. |