וַיִּקַּ֨ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח

   va-yik-KAKH

   and he took
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ

   va-yik-KAKH e-li-YA-hu

   and he took Elijah
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֗לֶד וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה֙ הַבַּ֔יְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ לְאִמּ֑וֹ

   va-yik-KAKH e-li-YA-hu et-ha-YE-led va-yo-ri-DE-hu min-ha-a-li-YA hab-BAI-ta va-yit-te-NE-hu le-im-MO

   and he took Elijah {direct object} the boy or the child and he brought him down from the upper room to the house and he gave him to his mother
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֗לֶד וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה֙ הַבַּ֔יְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ רְאִ‪י חַ֖י בְּנֵֽךְ׃

   va-yik-KAKH e-li-YA-hu et-ha-YE-led va-yo-ri-DE-hu min-ha-a-li-YA hab-BAI-ta va-yit-te-NE-hu le-im-MO va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu re-I KHAI be-NEKH

   and he took Elijah {direct object} the boy or the child and he brought him down from the upper room to the house and he gave him to his mother and he said Elijah see {feminine singular} lives or is alive your son {feminine singular possessive}

Exegesis

The narrative unfolds through a sequence of vav consecutive verbs (vayyikkakh {וַיִּקַּח | way·yik·kaḥ}, vayyoriḏehu {וַיֹּרִדֵהוּ | way·yo·ri·ḏe·hū}, vayyitnehhu {וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ | way·yit·te·hū}) to convey uninterrupted action.