| 28. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with u-mibnei {וּמִבְּנֵ֨י | ū-mi-bə-nê} introducing a subset of descendants. The construct chain ben-Elyashiv {בֶּן־אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ | ben ʾel-ya-šîḇ} links Joiada to his father Eliashib, while the compound title ha-kohen ha-gadol {הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֔וֹל | ha-kō-hên ha-ḡā-dōl} denotes his rank as chief priest. The noun chatan le-Sanballat {חָתָ֖ן לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט | ḥā-ṭān lə-san-bal-lat} indicates a marriage alliance, and the Hiphil verb va-avrichehu {וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ | wā-ʾaḇ-rî-ḥê-hû} expresses causative expulsion. The prepositional phrase me-alai {מֵעָלָֽי | mē-ʿā-lāy} denotes removal “from upon me.” In English, the Hebrew construct chains are rendered as genitive phrases in SVO order, and the Hiphil causative is rendered as “drove him away” or “forced him to leave” to convey authoritative action. |