וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר

   va-ye-ak-KER

   and he hamstrung
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר דָּוִיד֙

   va-ye-ak-KER da-VID

   and he hamstrung David
3. clause🔊 וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר דָּוִיד֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָרֶ֔כֶב וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מֵ֥אָה רָֽכֶב׃

   va-ye-ak-KER da-VID ET-kol-ha-RE-khev va-yo-TER mi-ME-nu me-A RA-khev

   and he hamstrung David {direct object marker} all the chariotry or chariot and he left over or and he left from it or from him a hundred chariotry or chariot
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּלְכֹּד֩ דָּוִ֨יד מִמֶּ֜נּוּ אֶ֣לֶף רֶ֗כֶב וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת אֲלָפִים֙ פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִ֣ישׁ רַגְלִ֑י וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר דָּוִיד֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָרֶ֔כֶב וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מֵ֥אָה רָֽכֶב׃

   va-yil-KOD da-VID mi-ME-nu E-lef RE-khev ve-shiv-AT a-la-FIM pa-ra-SHIM ve-es-REEM E-lef ISH rag-LI va-ye-ak-KER da-VID ET-kol-ha-RE-khev va-yo-TER mi-ME-nu me-A RA-khev

   and he captured David from him a thousand chariotry or chariot and seven of {construct} thousands horsemen and twenty thousand man foot-soldier or on foot and he hamstrung David {direct object marker} all the chariotry or chariot and he left over or and he left from it or from him a hundred chariotry or chariot

Exegesis

The verse uses sequential vav-consecutive verb forms to narrate battlefield actions: vayilkod {וַיִּלְכֹּד֩ | wayyikkōḏ} ‘and he captured’, vayaker {וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר | wayyaʿaqqēr} ‘and he hamstrung’, and vayoter {וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר | wayyōṯēr} ‘and he left’.

Root and etymology

ʿ-q-r🔊 ע־ק־רayin–qoph–resh

“to uproot, disable”

• 🔊 עִקָּרiqaressenceJudges 5:24