וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח

   va-yish-LAKH

   and he sent
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֛יד

   va-yish-LAKH da-VID

   and he sent David
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־חֶ֣סֶד עִם־חָנ֣וּן בֶּן־נָחָ֗שׁ כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֨ה אָבִ֤יו עִמִּי֙ חֶ֔סֶד וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֛יד מַלְאָכִ֖ים לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ עַל־אָבִ֑יו

   va-yo-MER da-VID e-e-SE-KHE-sed im-KHA-nun ben-na-KHASH ki-a-SA a-VIV im-MI KHE-sed va-yish-LAKH da-VID mal-a-KHIM le-na-kha-MO al-a-VIV

   and he said David I will do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash for he did his father with me kindness and he sent David messengers to comfort him concerning his father
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־חֶ֣סֶד עִם־חָנ֣וּן בֶּן־נָחָ֗שׁ כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֨ה אָבִ֤יו עִמִּי֙ חֶ֔סֶד וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֛יד מַלְאָכִ֖ים לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ עַל־אָבִ֑יו וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ עַבְדֵ֨י דָוִ֜יד אֶל־אֶ֧רֶץ בְּנֵי־עַמּ֛וֹן אֶל־חָנ֖וּן לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃

   va-yo-MER da-VID e-e-SE-KHE-sed im-KHA-nun ben-na-KHASH ki-a-SA a-VIV im-MI KHE-sed va-yish-LAKH da-VID mal-a-KHIM le-na-kha-MO al-a-VIV va-ya-VO-u av-DE da-VID el-E-rets be-NE-a-MON el-KHA-nun le-na-kha-MO

   and he said David I will do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash for he did his father with me kindness and he sent David messengers to comfort him concerning his father and they came servants of David to the land of sons of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him

Exegesis

Another vav-consecutive with vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he sent’ introduces malakhim {מַלְאָכִים | malʾāḵîm} ‘messengers’, whose purpose is marked by the infinitive lenachamo {לְנַחֲמוֹ | lənaḥămṓ} ‘to comfort’.