| 2. Linguistic Exegesis vayitten {וַיִּתֵּן | way-yit-tēn} ‘and he gave’ introduces the narrative action with a vav-consecutive Qal verb. The idiom beyado {בְּיָדוֹ | bə-yā-ḏō} ‘into his hand’ conveys transfer of authority. The nested construct umiktsat klei beit haelohim {וּמִקְצָת כְּלֵ֣י בֵית־הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | û-mi-qə-ṣāṯ kə-lê bêt hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} indicates partial removal of sacred vessels. The shift to exile is marked by vayiviem {וַיְבִיאֵ֥ם | way-yə-ḇî-ʾêm} ‘and he brought them’, with erets shinar {אֶרֶץ־שִׁנְעָ֖ר | ʾe-reṣ ši-nʿar} as the metonym for Babylon. The repeated phrases beit elohav {בֵ֣ית אֱלֹהָ֑יו | bêt ʾĕ-lō-hāw} ‘house of his god’ and beit otsar elohav {בֵ֖ית אוֹצַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיו | bêt ʾō-ṣar ʾĕ-lō-hāw} ‘treasury of his god’ emphasize the relocation of temple property. The English rendering maintains Hebrew word order while clarifying possession and destination. |