| 17. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with veyeter {וְיֶ֨תֶר | wə-yé-ter} ‘remainder’, a conjunction-noun construct introducing supplemental material. The construct phrase divrei Menasheh {דִּבְרֵי מְנַשֶּׁה | də-vré mə-ná-sheh} ‘words of Manasseh’ identifies the subject’s deeds. The coordinating ve-chol asher {וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר | wə-ḵól ʾă-šer} ‘and all that’ broadens the scope, and the nominal clause vechatato asher chata {וְחַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא | wə-ḥaṭ-tā-tō ʾă-šer ḥā-ṭāʾ} ‘and his sin which he sinned’ uses a relative clause for emphasis. The interrogative halo hem {הֲלֹא־הֵם | ha-lōʾ-HEM} ‘are they not’ introduces a rhetorical question. 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. |