יְהוָ֛ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְהוָ֛ה

   ye-ho-VAH

   the LORD
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הָבִ֧יא יְהוָ֛ה

   ha-VI ye-ho-VAH

   bringing the LORD
3. clause🔊 וַיהוָ֣ה צִוָּ֗ה לְהָפֵ֞ר אֶת־עֲצַ֤ת אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה לְבַעֲב֗וּר הָבִ֧יא יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם אֶת־הָרָעָֽה׃

   va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A

   and the LORD commanded to frustrate {direct object} counsel of Ahithophel the good for the sake of bringing the LORD to Absalom {direct object} the evil or the harm
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל טוֹבָ֗ה עֲצַת֙ חוּשַׁ֣י הָאַרְכִּ֔י מֵעֲצַ֖ת אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶל וַיהוָ֣ה צִוָּ֗ה לְהָפֵ֞ר אֶת־עֲצַ֤ת אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה לְבַעֲב֗וּר הָבִ֧יא יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם אֶת־הָרָעָֽה׃

   va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL to-VA a-TSAT khu-SHAI ha-ar-KI me-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A

   and he said Absalom and all man of Israel good counsel of Hushai the Archite than counsel of Ahithophel and the LORD commanded to frustrate {direct object} counsel of Ahithophel the good for the sake of bringing the LORD to Absalom {direct object} the evil or the harm

Exegesis

The purpose clause ləvaʿăbur hāḇî Yəhōwāh ʾel-Avšālōm ʾet-hārāʿāh {לְבַעֲבוּר הָבִיא יְהוָה אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹם אֶת־הָרָעָה | ləvaʿăbur hāḇî Yəhōwāh ʾel-Avšālōם ʾet-hārָאָה} ‘so that the LORD might bring calamity on Absalom’ underscores divine sovereignty. The English rendition splits the Hebrew clauses to preserve narrative clarity and reflect theological causality.