וַיָּבֹ֕א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּבֹ֕א

   va-ya-BO

   and he came
2. clause🔊 וַיַּ֗רְא וַיָּ֙קָם֙ וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אֶל־נַפְשׁ֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֕א בְּאֵ֥ר שֶׁ֖בַע אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה

   va-YAR-e va-YA-kam va-YE-lekh el-naf-SHO va-ya-BO be-ER SHE-va a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA

   and he saw and he arose and he went to his life and he came to Beer Sheba which to Judah or belonging to Judah
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֗רְא וַיָּ֙קָם֙ וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אֶל־נַפְשׁ֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֕א בְּאֵ֥ר שֶׁ֖בַע אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וַיַּנַּ֥ח אֶֽת־נַעֲר֖וֹ שָֽׁם׃

   va-YAR-e va-YA-kam va-YE-lekh el-naf-SHO va-ya-BO be-ER SHE-va a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA va-yan-NAKH et-na-a-RO SHAM

   and he saw and he arose and he went to his life and he came to Beer Sheba which to Judah or belonging to Judah and he left his servant there

Exegesis

The verse employs a chain of five vav-consecutive verbs to convey immediacy: vayar {וַיַּ֗רְא | way·yā́r} “he saw (became alarmed)”, vayakam {וַיָּ֙קָם֙ | way·yā·qām} “he arose (in haste)”, vayelekh {וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | way·yē·leḵ} “he went/fled”, vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֕א | way·yā·bō} “he came”, and vayanach {וַיַּנַּ֥ח | way·yan·naḥ} “he caused to rest”.