אֲ֠שֶׁר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲ֠שֶׁר

   a-SHER

   that
2. clause🔊 לֹֽא־הָיָ֣ה דָבָ֗ר אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־הֶרְאָ֧ם חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ בְּבֵית֖וֹ וּבְכָל־מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ׃

   lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-her-AM khiz-ki-YA-hu be-ve-TO u-ve-khal-mem-shal-TO

   there was not a thing or matter that he did not show them Hezekiah in his house and in all his dominion or rule
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח עֲלֵיהֶם֮ חִזְקִיָּהוּ֒ וַיַּרְאֵ֣ם אֶת־בֵּ֣ית נְכֹת֡וֹ אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף֩ וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֨ב וְאֶת־הַבְּשָׂמִ֜ים וְאֵ֣ת הַשֶּׁ֣מֶן הַטּ֗וֹב וְאֵת֙ כָּל־בֵּ֣ית כֵּלָ֔יו וְאֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִמְצָ֖א בְּאֹֽצְרֹתָ֑יו לֹֽא־הָיָ֣ה דָבָ֗ר אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־הֶרְאָ֧ם חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ בְּבֵית֖וֹ וּבְכָל־מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ׃

   va-yis-MA-kh a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET ha-SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET kal-BET ke-LAV ve-ET kal-a-SHER nim-tsa be-o-tse-ro-TAV lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-her-AM khiz-ki-YA-hu be-ve-TO u-ve-khal-mem-shal-TO

   and he rejoiced over them Hezekiah and he showed them {direct object} house of his treasure {direct object} the silver and {direct object} the gold and {direct object} the spices and the oil the good and {direct object} all the house of his utensils or vessels and {direct object} all that was found in his storehouses there was not a thing or matter that he did not show them Hezekiah in his house and in all his dominion or rule

Exegesis

The intensive double negative lōʾ-hāyāh dābār ʾăšer lōʾ-hērāʾēm {לֹֽא־הָיָ֣ה דָבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֠ר לֹֽא־הֶרְאָ֧ם | lōʾ-hāyāh dābār ʾăšer lōʾ-hērāʾēm} ‘there was not a thing that he did not show’ underscores total openness.