בָּ֖א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּ֖א

   BA

   has come
2. clause🔊 אֶל־בֵּית֙וֹ וּדְבַ֣ר כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּ֖א אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

   el-BE-to u-de-VAR kol-yis-ra-EL BA el-ha-ME-lekh

   to his house and the word of all Israel has come to the king
3. sentence🔊 וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד שָׁ֠לַח אֶל־צָדֹ֨וק וְאֶל־אֶבְיָתָ֥ר הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר דַּבְּר֞וּ אֶל־זִקְנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה לֵאמֹר֙ לָ֣מָּה תִּהְי֔וּ אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים לְהָשִׁ֣יב אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּית֙וֹ וּדְבַ֣ר כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּ֖א אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

   ve-ha-ME-lekh da-VID sha-LAKH el-tsa-DOK ve-el-e-vya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM le-MOR dab-be-RU el-zik-NE ye-hu-DA le-MOR LAM-ma tih-yu a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to u-de-VAR kol-yis-ra-EL BA el-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to

   and the king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests saying speak to the elders of Judah saying why will you be last to bring back {object marker} the king to his house and the word of all Israel has come to the king to his house

Exegesis

The Hiphil infinitive lehashiv et-hamelekh el-beito {לְהָשִׁיב אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ | lə·hā·šîb ʾēt-ha·me·lĕḵ ʾél-be·yî·tō} expresses causative return, and the coordination udvar kol-yisrael ba {וּדְבַר כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּא | ū·ḏə·wār kôl-yi·srā·ʾēl bā} ‘and the word of all Israel has come’ provides the motive. The final repetition of el-hamelekh el-beito echoes the earlier phrase, framing the king’s house with a chiastic inclusio. English punctuation clarifies nested quotations and preserves the Hebrew clause structure.