וַיִּ֤בֶן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּ֤בֶן

   va-yi-VEN

   and he built
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּ֤בֶן בָּם֙

   va-yi-VEN BAM

   and he built with them, by them
3. clause🔊 וַיִּ֤בֶן בָּם֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֔א אֶת־גֶּ֥בַע בִּנְיָמִ֖ן וְאֶת־הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃

   va-yi-VEN BAM ham-ME-lekh A-sa et-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ve-et-ham-mits-PA

   and he built with them, by them the king Asa {direct object} Geba of Benjamin and {direct object} the Mizpah
4. sentence🔊 וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָסָ֜א הִשְׁמִ֤יעַ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָה֙ אֵ֣ין נָקִ֔י וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֤י הָֽרָמָה֙ וְאֶת־עֵצֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א וַיִּ֤בֶן בָּם֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֔א אֶת־גֶּ֥בַע בִּנְיָמִ֖ן וְאֶת־הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃

   ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa hish-mi-A et-KOL-ye-hu-DA EN na-KI va-yis-E-u et-av-NE ha-ra-MA ve-et-e-TSE-ha a-SHER ba-NA ba-SHA va-yi-VEN BAM ham-ME-lekh A-sa et-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ve-et-ham-mits-PA

   and the king Asa made heard, proclaimed {direct object} all Judah there is not one free, exempt and they carried, lifted {direct object} stones of Ramah and {direct object} its timber, its wood which he built, had built Baasha and he built with them, by them the king Asa {direct object} Geba of Benjamin and {direct object} the Mizpah

Exegesis

The final sequence vayiven bam {וַיִּ֤בֶן בָּם֙ | way-yiḇen bām} ‘and he built with them’ uses the prepositional pronominal “with them” to mark purposeful reuse, culminating in two place names that close the verse as the strategic outcome of the decree.