| 3. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayya’as {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyaʿaś} ‘and he did’, establishing a sequential narrative structure typical in biblical Hebrew. The adjective hayashar {הַיָּשָׁר | hayyāšār} ‘the right’ functions attributively, specifying the king’s moral quality. The idiom be’eynei Yahweh {בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | bəʿēnê yəhōwāh} ‘in the eyes of the LORD’ conveys divine evaluation, with the noun einei {עֵינֵי | ʿêney} ‘eyes’ implying perception and judgment. The comparative formula kekol asher asah amatsyahu aviv {כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה אֲמַצְיָהוּ אָבִיו | kəḵōl ʾăšer ʾāśāh ʾămaṣyāhû ʾāvîw} ‘according to all that Amaziah his father did’ measures the new king’s conduct against his predecessor, emphasizing genealogical continuity. The translation shifts Hebrew VSO order to English SVO to preserve clarity while highlighting divine appraisal and familial comparison. |