וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ

   va-ya-a-ROKH

   and he drew up or arranged
2. clause🔊 וַיֻּגַּ֣ד לְדָוִ֗יד וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיָּבֹ֣א אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם

   va-yug-GAD le-da-VID va-ye-e-SOF ET-kol-yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-VOR ha-yar-DEN va-ya-VO a-le-HEM va-ya-a-ROKH a-le-HEM

   and it was told to David and he gathered all Israel and he crossed over the Jordan and he came to them and he drew up or arranged against them
3. sentence🔊 וַיֻּגַּ֣ד לְדָוִ֗יד וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיָּבֹ֣א אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם וַיַּעֲרֹ֨ךְ דָּוִ֜יד לִקְרַ֤את אֲרָם֙ מִלְחָמָ֔ה וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃

   va-yug-GAD le-da-VID va-ye-e-SOF ET-kol-yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-VOR ha-yar-DEN va-ya-VO a-le-HEM va-ya-a-ROKH a-le-HEM va-ya-a-ROKH da-VID lik-RAT a-RAM mil-kha-MA va-yil-la-kha-MU IM-mo

   and it was told to David and he gathered all Israel and he crossed over the Jordan and he came to them and he drew up or arranged against them and he drew up or arranged David to meet or toward Aram or Syria battle or war and they fought with him

Exegesis

It continues with a series of Qal imperfect vav-consecutive verbs—wayyê-ʼă-sôp̄ {וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף | wayyê-ʾă-sôp̄} ‘and he gathered’, way-ya-ʿă-bôr {וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר | way-ya-ʿă-bôr} ‘and he crossed over’, way-yā-bô {וַיָּבֹ֣א | way-yā-bô} ‘and he came’, and way-ya-ʿă-rōḵ {וַיַּעֲרֹ֨ךְ | way-ya-ʿă-rōḵ} ‘and he arranged’—that convey swift, sequential military action.

Root and etymology

ע־ר־ך🔊 ʿayin–resh–khēṯ

“to arrange, set in order”

• 🔊 מַעֲרָכָהma‘ă-rāḵāhbattle array, formation1 Samuel 17:8