| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative evaluation opens with wayya’as {וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | wayyaˈʿaś} ‘and he did’, employing the vav-consecutive with a Qal imperfect to continue the royal annals. The phrase ha·raʿ {הָרַ֖ע | hā·raʿ} ‘the evil’ marks the king’s wrongdoing. The construct chain bə·‘ê·nê Yahweh {בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | bə·‘ê·nê Yəhōwāh} ‘in the eyes of Yahweh’ frames the divine perspective, emphasizing moral accountability. The verb sār {סָ֗ר | sār} ‘he turned aside’ preserves the Hebrew idiom of persistent deviation. The genitive mē·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’ōṯ yā·rā·ḇā·‘am {מֵֽחַטֹּאות֙ יָרָבְעָ֣ם | mē·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’ōṯ yā·rā·ḇā·‘am} signals inherited patterns of apostasy. The relative clause ’ǎšer hĕ·ḥĕ·ṭî·aʾ ’et yiś·rā·’ē·l {אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ’ǎšer hĕ·ḥĕ·ṭî·aʾ ’et yiś·rā·’ē·l} uses the Hifil perfect and direct object marker to underscore Jeroboam’s causative agency in Israel’s sin. |