תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   takh-TAV

   in place of him or instead of him
2. clause🔊 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ חִזְקִיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-yim-LOKH khiz-ki-YA-hu ve-NO takh-TAV

   and he reigned Hezekiah his son in place of him or instead of him
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב אָחָז֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ חִזְקִיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-yish-KAV a-KHAZ im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER im-a-vo-TAV be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH khiz-ki-YA-hu ve-NO takh-TAV

   and he lay down or slept Ahaz with his fathers and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David and he reigned Hezekiah his son in place of him or instead of him

Exegesis

The sequential vav in vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wăyyimlōḵ} ‘and he reigned’ introduces the dynastic transition, while the construct chain bə-nô taḥtāv {בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּיו | bə-nō taḥtāv} ‘his son in his place’ signals Hezekiah’s accession. The string of waw-consecutive verbs provides a cohesive narrative progression.