וַיִּ֜קֶן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּ֜קֶן

   va-yi-KEN

   and he bought
2. clause🔊 וַיִּ֜קֶן אֶת־הָהָ֥ר שֹׁמְר֛וֹן מֵ֥אֶת שֶׁ֖מֶר בְּכִכְּרַ֣יִם כָּ֑סֶף

   va-yi-KEN ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON me-ET SHE-mer be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef

   and he bought {direct object} the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּ֜קֶן אֶת־הָהָ֥ר שֹׁמְר֛וֹן מֵ֥אֶת שֶׁ֖מֶר בְּכִכְּרַ֣יִם כָּ֑סֶף וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־הָהָ֔ר וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶת־שֵׁ֤ם הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֔ה עַ֣ל שֶׁם־שֶׁ֔מֶר אֲדֹנֵ֖י הָהָ֥ר שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

   va-yi-KEN ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON me-ET SHE-mer be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef va-yi-VEN ET-ha-HAR va-yik-RA ET-SHEM ha-IR a-SHER ba-NA AL shem-SHE-mer a-do-NE ha-HAR sho-me-RON

   and he bought {direct object} the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and he built {direct object} the hill and he called {direct object} the name of the city which he built upon or according to the name of Shemer owner of the hill Samaria

Exegesis

The narrative unfolds through a vav-consecutive verb chain beginning with vayyiqen {וַיִּ֜קֶן | wəyyiqen} ‘and he bought’, followed by vayyiben {וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ | wəyyiben} ‘and he built’ and vayyiqra {וַיִּקְרָ֗א | wəyyiqrāʾ} ‘and he called’, marking acquisition, construction, and naming.