וַיַּ֣רְא

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּ֣רְא

   va-YAR-e

   and he saw
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֣רְא יוֹאָ֗ב

   va-YAR-e yo-AV

   and he saw Joab
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֣רְא יוֹאָ֗ב כִּֽי־הָיְתָ֧ה פְנֵי־הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו פָּנִ֣ים וְאָח֑וֹר

   va-YAR-e yo-AV ki-ha-ye-TA fe-NE-ha-mil-kha-MA e-LAV pa-NIM ve-a-KHOR

   and he saw Joab that she had become or that it had become the face of the battle toward him or against him front and back or and rear
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֣רְא יוֹאָ֗ב כִּֽי־הָיְתָ֧ה פְנֵי־הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו פָּנִ֣ים וְאָח֑וֹר וַיִּבְחַ֗ר מִכָּל־בָּחוּר֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ לִקְרַ֥את אֲרָֽם׃

   va-YAR-e yo-AV ki-ha-ye-TA fe-NE-ha-mil-kha-MA e-LAV pa-NIM ve-a-KHOR va-yiv-KHAR mi-kol-ba-KHUR be-yis-ra-EL va-ya-e-ROKH lik-RA-t a-RAM

   and he saw Joab that she had become or that it had become the face of the battle toward him or against him front and back or and rear and he chose from all choice young men in Israel and he arranged to meet or toward Aram

Exegesis

This verse employs a sequential narrative flow marked by the vav consecutive in vayyare {וַיַּ֣רְא | way·ya·reʼ} ‘and he saw’, vayyiḇḥar {וַיִּבְחַ֗ר | way·yiḇ·ḥar} ‘and he chose’, and wayya‛ā·rōḵ {וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ | way·ya·‛ā·rōḵ} ‘and he arranged’.