דִּבְרֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דִּבְרֵ֥י

   div-RE

   the words of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים

   div-RE ha-ya-MIM

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

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

   are they not written upon the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah
4. sentence🔊 וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י מְנַשֶּׁה֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְחַטָּאת֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֑א הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

   ve-YE-ter div-RE me-na-SHE ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER kha-TA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA

   and the remainder of the words of Manasseh and all that he did and his sin which he sinned are they not written upon the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah

Exegesis

The construct phrase divrei Menasheh {דִּבְרֵי מְנַשֶּׁה | də-vré mə-ná-sheh} ‘words of Manasseh’ identifies the subject’s deeds.

The passive participle ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | kə-tú-vim} ‘written’ conveys certainty, followed by the locative phrase al sefer divrei hayamim lemalkei Yehudah {עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה | ʿal sé-fer də-vré ha-yá-mim lə-mal-kê yə-hū-ḏāh} ‘in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah’, specifying the source. The VSO order and repetition heighten the authoritative reference, rendered in English SVO for clarity and rhetorical impact.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ד־ב־רd-b-r

“to speak”