| 34. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative marker wayyaʿaš {וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | wayyaʿaš} ‘and he did’ introduces a sequential historical action. The phrase hayyāšār bəʿênêy Yahweh {הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | hayyāšār bəʿênêy Yahweh} ‘the upright in the eyes of the LORD’ functions as a divine evaluation of royal conduct. The comparative clause kəḵōl ʾăšer ʿāśāh ʿûziyāhû ʾāvîyw ʿāśāh {כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה עֻזִיָּ֥הוּ אָבִ֖יו עָשָֽׂה | kəḵōl ʾăšer ʿāśāh ʿûziyāhû ʾāvîyw ʿāśāh} ‘according to all that Uzziah his father did’ underscores dynastic continuity in moral conduct. In translation, the verb-first Hebrew order is rendered in subject-verb order to align with English idiom while preserving the repeated action emphasis of ʿāśāh {עָשָׂה | ʿāśāh} ‘he did’. |