וַיַּעֲל֥וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ

   va-ya-a-LU

   and they went up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ בְּבַֽעַל־פְּרָצִים֮

   va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM

   and they went up to Baal-perazim
3. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ בְּבַֽעַל־פְּרָצִים֮ וַיַּכֵּ֣ם שָׁ֣ם דָּוִיד֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔יד פָּרַ֨ץ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֧ים אֶת־אוֹיְבַ֛י בְּיָדִ֖י כְּפֶ֣רֶץ מָ֑יִם

   va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim

   and they went up to Baal-perazim and he struck them there David and he said David has burst through God {direct object} my enemies by my hand like a breach of waters
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּעֲל֥וּ בְּבַֽעַל־פְּרָצִים֮ וַיַּכֵּ֣ם שָׁ֣ם דָּוִיד֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔יד פָּרַ֨ץ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֧ים אֶת־אוֹיְבַ֛י בְּיָדִ֖י כְּפֶ֣רֶץ מָ֑יִם עַל־כֵּ֗ן קָֽרְא֛וּ שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בַּ֥עַל פְּרָצִֽים׃

   va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim al-KEN ka-re-U shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU BA-al pe-ra-TSIM

   and they went up to Baal-perazim and he struck them there David and he said David has burst through God {direct object} my enemies by my hand like a breach of waters therefore they called the name of the place that Baal Perazim

Exegesis

The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive vayya‘lu {וַיַּעֲלוּ | wayya‘alu} “and they went up,” establishing sequential action, followed by the locative bevaʿal-peraṭṣim {בְּבַעַל-פְּרָצִים | bəvaʿal-peraṭṣim} marking the scene.