| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The Hebrew narrative employs a summary formula beginning with veyeter {וְיֶתֶר | wə-yéṯer} ‘and the rest’, marking residual content. Divrei {דִּבְרֵי | dî-ḇrê} ‘acts of’ forms a construct chain with azaryahu {עֲזַרְיָהוּ | ʿă-zar-yā-hû}. The interrogative halo {הֲלֹא | ha-lōʼ} plus hem {הֵם | hêm} frames a rhetorical question directing readers to archival records. Ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | kə-tu-ˈwîm} ‘written’ (passive participle) highlights inscription, while the idiom divrei hayamim {דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים | dî-ḇrê ha-yā-mîm} ‘chronicles’ denotes royal annals. The prepositional phrase le-malchei Yehudah {לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה | lə-mal-kê-î yə-hū-dāh} specifies the custodial scope of the record. English renderings preserve the Hebrew construct chains, rhetorical question, and idiomatic expression. |