יְהוּדָה֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְהוּדָה֙

   ye-hu-DA

   of Judah
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאִ֤ישׁ יְהוּדָה֙

   ve-ISH ye-hu-DA

   but a man or and a man of Judah
3. clause🔊 וְאִ֤ישׁ יְהוּדָה֙ דָּבְק֣וּ בְמַלְכָּ֔ם מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן וְעַד־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

   but a man or and a man of Judah clung to their king from the Jordan and as far as Jerusalem
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֜עַל כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד אַחֲרֵ֖י שֶׁ֣בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֑י וְאִ֤ישׁ יְהוּדָה֙ דָּבְק֣וּ בְמַלְכָּ֔ם מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן וְעַד־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

   va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

   and went up or withdrew every man of Israel from after David after Sheba son of Bichri but a man or and a man of Judah clung to their king from the Jordan and as far as Jerusalem

Exegesis

The adversative conjunction ve-’ish yehuda {וְאִ֤ישׁ יְהוּדָה֙ | wə-’iš yə-hū-dā} ‘but the men of Judah’ introduces contrast, followed by the perfect davqu {דָּבְק֣וּ | dā-və-qū} ‘they clung’, conveying firm allegiance in the construct be-malkam {בְמַלְכָּ֔ם | bə-malk-kām} ‘to their king’.