וַיַּ֣רְא

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּ֣רְא

   va-YAR-e

   and he saw
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֣רְא אֲרָ֗ם

   va-YAR-e a-RAM

   and he saw Aram or Syria
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֣רְא אֲרָ֗ם כִּ֣י נִגְּפוּ֮ לִפְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים וַיּוֹצִ֣יאוּ אֶת־אֲרָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר

   va-YAR-e a-RAM KI nig-ge-FU lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yish-le-KHU mal-a-KHIM va-yo-tsi-U et-a-RAM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-na-HAR

   and he saw Aram or Syria that they were struck down or defeated before Israel and they sent messengers and they brought out {direct object marker} Aram or Syria who or which from beyond the river
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֣רְא אֲרָ֗ם כִּ֣י נִגְּפוּ֮ לִפְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים וַיּוֹצִ֣יאוּ אֶת־אֲרָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר וְשׁוֹפַ֛ךְ שַׂר־צְבָ֥א הֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶר לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

   va-YAR-e a-RAM KI nig-ge-FU lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yish-le-KHU mal-a-KHIM va-yo-tsi-U et-a-RAM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-na-HAR ve-sho-FAKH sar-tse-VA ha-dad-E-zer lif-ne-HEM

   and he saw Aram or Syria that they were struck down or defeated before Israel and they sent messengers and they brought out {direct object marker} Aram or Syria who or which from beyond the river and Shophach commander of the army Hadadezer before them

Exegesis

The verse advances the battle narrative with a wayyiqtol opening, vayyar {וַיַּרְא | wayyarʾ} ‘and (he) saw,’ where the singular verb agrees with the collective subject Aram {אֲרָם | ʾărām} ‘Aram/Arameans.’