הַנֶּגֶב֮

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַנֶּגֶב֮

   ha-NE-gev

   the south
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב֮

   al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev

   against the king of the south
3. clause🔊 וְיָעֵר֩ כֹּח֨וֹ וּלְבָב֜וֹ עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב֮ בְּחַ֣יִל גָּדוֹל֒ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּ֗גֶב יִתְגָּרֶה֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם עַד־מְאֹ֑ד

   ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD

   and will stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with an army great and the king of the south will wage war with a great army and mighty very
4. sentence🔊 וְיָעֵר֩ כֹּח֨וֹ וּלְבָב֜וֹ עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב֮ בְּחַ֣יִל גָּדוֹל֒ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּ֗גֶב יִתְגָּרֶה֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם עַד־מְאֹ֑ד וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֔ד כִּֽי־יַחְשְׁב֥וּ עָלָ֖יו מַחֲשָׁבֽוֹת׃

   ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD ve-LO ya-a-MOD ki-yakh-she-VU a-LA-v ma-kha-sha-VOT

   and will stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with an army great and the king of the south will wage war with a great army and mighty very and not will stand for they will devise against him plans

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase ʿal-melekh han-negoḇ {עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב֮ | ʿal-me-leḵ han-nė-gev} ‘against the king of the south’ defines the target, with the article marking specificity.

In the next clause the focus shifts to the southern king introduced by u-melekh han-negoḇ yitgareh la-milḥamah {וּמֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב יִתְגָּרֶה֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | u-me-leḵ han-nė-gev yit-ga-reh la-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘and the king of the south shall wage war,’ where the Hithpael stem conveys an intensive or reflexive action of engaging in battle.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 נ־ג־בnun–gimel–bet

“to be dry”