וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ׃

   va-yik-ka-NE-u

   and they were subdued
2. clause🔊 אָ֣ז הִכָּ֞ה סִבְּכַ֣י הַחֻֽשָׁתִ֗י אֶת־סִפַּ֛י מִילִדֵ֥י הָרְפָאִ֖ים וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ׃

   AZ hi-KA sib-be-KHAI ha-khu-sha-TI et-sip-PAI mi-yi-lid-EI har-fe-a-IM va-yik-ka-NE-u

   then he struck Sibbecai the Hushathite {direct object marker} Sippai from the born ones of or from the descendants of the Rephaim and they were subdued
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי‪כֵ֔ן וַתַּעֲמֹ֧ד מִלְחָמָ֛ה בְּגֶ֖זֶר עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים אָ֣ז הִכָּ֞ה סִבְּכַ֣י הַחֻֽשָׁתִ֗י אֶת־סִפַּ֛י מִילִדֵ֥י הָרְפָאִ֖ים וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ׃

   va-ye-HI a-kha-REI-KHEN va-ta-a-MOD mil-kha-MA be-GE-zer im-pe-lish-TIM AZ hi-KA sib-be-KHAI ha-khu-sha-TI et-sip-PAI mi-yi-lid-EI har-fe-a-IM va-yik-ka-NE-u

   and it happened after thus or after this and it stood or and there arose war in Gezer with the Philistines then he struck Sibbecai the Hushathite {direct object marker} Sippai from the born ones of or from the descendants of the Rephaim and they were subdued

Exegesis

The construct miyildei {מִילְדֵ֥י | mîn·yl·dê} ‘from the descendants of’ with the definite plural haRephaim {הָרְפָאִ֖ים | ha·rĕ·pā·ʾîm} ‘the Rephaim’ indicates lineage, and the vav-consecutive Nifal imperfect vayikkane’u {וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ | wə·yi·ḵăn·nə·ʿū} ‘and they were subdued’ identifies the result as the Philistines’ subjugation.