וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ

   va-yash-ke-VE-hu

   and he laid him down
2. clause🔊 וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

   va-yik-ka-KHE-hu me-khe-KA va-ya-le-HU el-ha-a-li-YA a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV SHAM va-yash-ke-VE-hu al-mit-ta-TO

   and he took him from her bosom and he brought him up to the upper chamber where he was staying there and he laid him down upon his bed
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלֶ֖יהָ תְּנִֽי־לִ֣י אֶת־בְּנֵ֑ךְ וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

   va-yo-MER e-LE-ha te-NI-LI et-be-NEKH va-yik-ka-KHE-hu me-khe-KA va-ya-le-HU el-ha-a-li-YA a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV SHAM va-yash-ke-VE-hu al-mit-ta-TO

   and he said to her give {feminine singular imperative} to me {direct object marker} your son and he took him from her bosom and he brought him up to the upper chamber where he was staying there and he laid him down upon his bed

Exegesis

The narrative unfolds through a series of vav-consecutive verbs—vayyomer {וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} “and he said,” vayikkahehu {וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ | wayyiqqāḥēhu} “and he took him,” vayaalehu {וַיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ | wayyaʿălêhu} “and he brought him up,” vayyashkivehu {וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ | wayyaškîvēhu} “and he laid him down”—which propel the action.