וַיִּקַּ֛ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּקַּ֛ח

   va-yik-KAKH

   and he took
2. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֛ח אֶת־גַּ֥ת וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָ מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

   va-yik-KAKH et-GAT u-ve-no-TE-ha mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

   and he took {direct object marker} Gath and her daughters or and its villages from the hand of Philistines
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֥ךְ דָּוִ֛יד אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיַּכְנִיעֵ֑ם וַיִּקַּ֛ח אֶת־גַּ֥ת וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָ מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

   va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-YAKH da-VID et-pe-lish-TIM va-yakh-ni-EM va-yik-KAKH et-GAT u-ve-no-TE-ha mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

   and it happened after thus or after that and he struck David {direct object marker} the Philistines and he subdued them and he took {direct object marker} Gath and her daughters or and its villages from the hand of Philistines

Exegesis

The sequence of vav consecutive verbs vayyak {וַיַּ֥ךְ | wayyaḵ} ‘he struck’, vayyakni'em {וַיַּכְנִיעֵ֑ם | wayyaknîʿêm} ‘he subdued them’, and vayyiqqah {וַיִּקַּ֛ח | wayyiqqaḥ} ‘he took’ emphasizes David’s military actions in a climactic progression.