וַיָּ֙רָץ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֙רָץ֙

   va-YA-rats

   and he ran
2. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת־הַבָּקָ֗ר וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֽ͏ֵלִיָּ֔הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה־נָּא֙ לְאָבִ֣י וּלְאִמִּ֔י וְאֵלְכָ֖ה אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ

   va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR va-YA-rats a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-SHE-ka-NA le-a-VI u-le-i-MI ve-el-kha a-kha-RE-kha

   and he left {the direct object} the cattle and he ran after Elijah and he said let me kiss, please to my father and to my mother and let me go after you
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת־הַבָּקָ֗ר וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֽ͏ֵלִיָּ֔הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה־נָּא֙ לְאָבִ֣י וּלְאִמִּ֔י וְאֵלְכָ֖ה אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ לֵ֣ךְ שׁ֔וּב כִּ֥י מֶה־עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָֽךְ׃

   va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR va-YA-rats a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-SHE-ka-NA le-a-VI u-le-i-MI ve-el-kha a-kha-RE-kha va-YO-mer LO LEKH SHUV KI ME-a-SI-ti LAKH

   and he left {the direct object} the cattle and he ran after Elijah and he said let me kiss, please to my father and to my mother and let me go after you and he said to him go return for what have I done to you

Exegesis

The narrative uses vav consecutive + imperfect verbs vayaʿazōv {וַיַּעֲזֹב | wayyāʿăzōḇ} ‘and he left’ and wayyārāṣ {וַיָּרָץ | wayyārāṣ} ‘and he ran’, indicating successive actions.