אֲשֶׁ֣ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר

   a-SHER

   which or that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר

   a-SHER di-BER

   which or that he spoke
3. clause🔊 כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד עֲבָדָ֥יו הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃

   kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD a-va-DAV ha-ne-vi-IM

   according to the word of the LORD which or that he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets
4. sentence🔊 וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח יְהוָ֣ה בּ֡וֹ אֶת־גְּדוּדֵ֣י כַשְׂדִּים֩ וְאֶת־גְּדוּדֵ֨י אֲרָ֜ם וְאֵ֣ת גְּדוּדֵ֣י מוֹאָ֗ב וְאֵת֙ גְּדוּדֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֔וֹן וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥ם בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה לְהַֽאֲבִיד֑וֹ כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד עֲבָדָ֥יו הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃

   va-ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH BO et-ge-du-DE khas-de-DIM ve-et-ge-du-DE a-RAM ve-ET ge-du-DE mo-AV ve-ET ge-du-DE ve-NE-a-MON va-ye-sha-le-KHEM bi-ye-hu-DA le-ha-a-VID kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD a-va-DAV ha-ne-vi-IM

   and he sent the LORD against him the bands of the Chaldeans and the bands of Aram or Syria and bands of Moab and bands of the sons of Ammon and he sent them against Judah or in Judah to destroy him or it according to the word of the LORD which or that he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets

Exegesis

The phrase kidvar YHWH {כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה | kî-ḏāḇar Yəhôwāh} ‘according to the word of the LORD’ links the event to earlier prophecy, with asher dibber be-yad avadav ha-neviim {אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד עֲבָדָ֥יו הַנְּבִיאִֽים | ʾăšer dibber bə-yād ʿăḇādāvv hanᵊ̆vîʾîm} ‘which He spoke by the hand of His servants the prophets’, underlining the role of prophetic mediation.