וַיָּ֣שָׁב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֣שָׁב

   va-ya-SHAV

   and he turned back
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֣שָׁב אָרְנָ֗ן

   va-ya-SHAV or-NA-n

   and he turned back Ornan
3. clause🔊 וַיָּ֣שָׁב אָרְנָ֗ן וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ וְאַרְבַּ֧עַת בָּנָ֛יו עִמּ֖וֹ מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים

   va-ya-SHAV or-NA-n va-yar-E et-ha-mal-AKH ve-ar-ba-AT ba-NAV im-MO mit-kha-be-IM

   and he turned back Ornan and he saw the angel and four of his sons with him hiding themselves
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֣שָׁב אָרְנָ֗ן וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ וְאַרְבַּ֧עַת בָּנָ֛יו עִמּ֖וֹ מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים וְאָרְנָ֖ן דָּ֥שׁ חִטִּֽים׃

   va-ya-SHAV or-NA-n va-yar-E et-ha-mal-AKH ve-ar-ba-AT ba-NAV im-MO mit-kha-be-IM ve-or-NA-n DASH khi-TIM

   and he turned back Ornan and he saw the angel and four of his sons with him hiding themselves and Ornan was threshing wheat

Exegesis

The verse is driven by the narrative wayyiqtol sequence: vayyashav {וַיָּ֣שָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} ‘and he turned back’ followed by vayyare {וַיַּרְא֙ | wayyarʾe} ‘and he saw’, presenting Ornan’s reaction as a rapid, successive movement.