לְמַלְכֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַלְכֵ֥י

   le-mal-KHEI

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

   le-mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA

   of the kings of Judah
3. clause🔊 הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

   ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REI ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA

   are they not written on the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Judah
4. sentence🔊 וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י יוֹתָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

   ve-YE-ter div-REI yo-TAM a-SHEr a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REI ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA

   and the rest of the matters of Jotham which he did are they not written on the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Judah

Exegesis

The participle ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | kə-tū-vím} ‘written’ conveys the recorded state, and the prepositional chain al sefer divrei hayamim lemalchei Yehudah {עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה | ʿal-sē-per dib-rế ha-yā-mim lə-mal-khế yə-hū-dāh} ‘in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah’ locates the archival source. The translation preserves Hebrew word order for fidelity and renders passive structures and the rhetorical question in idiomatic English.