וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע

   va-yo-SHA

   and he saved or delivered
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע יְהוָה֙

   va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH

   and he saved or delivered the LORD
3. clause🔊 וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע יְהוָה֙ לְדָוִ֔יד בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלָֽךְ׃

   va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH le-da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH

   and he saved or delivered the LORD to David or for David in all or with all which or that he went
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם דָּוִיד֙ בַּאֲרַ֣ם דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק וַיְהִ֤י אֲרָם֙ לְדָוִ֔יד עֲבָדִ֖ים נֹשְׂאֵ֣י מִנְחָ֑ה וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע יְהוָה֙ לְדָוִ֔יד בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלָֽךְ׃

   va-ya-SEM da-VID ba-a-RAM dar-me-SEK va-ye-HI a-RAM le-da-VID a-va-DIM no-se-E min-kha va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH le-da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH

   and he put or placed David in Aram or Syria Dammesek or Damascus and it was or and they became Aram or Syria to David or for David servants bearing or bringing tribute or gift offering and he saved or delivered the LORD to David or for David in all or with all which or that he went

Exegesis

The final hiphil wayyašáʿ {וַיּוֹשַׁע | wayyašáʿ} ‘and he saved’ with subject Yəhōwāh {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} and circumstantial phrase bə-kōl ăšer hā-lāḥ {בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר הָלָךְ | bə-kōl ăšer hā-lāḥ} ‘in all that he went’ highlights divine agency across David’s campaigns.