וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל

   va-yish-EAL

   and he asked
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ֙

   va-yish-EAL ET-naf-SHO

   and he asked his life {direct object marker plus his soul}
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ לָמ֔וּת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר רַ֗ב עַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ קַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֔י כִּֽי־לֹא־ט֥וֹב אָנֹכִ֖י מֵאֲבֹתָֽי׃

   va-yish-EAL ET-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER RAV a-TA Ye-ho-VAH KAKH naf-SHI ki-LO-TOv a-no-KHI me-a-vo-TAI

   and he asked his life {direct object marker plus his soul} to die and he said enough or much now LORD take my life or my soul for not good I from my fathers or than my fathers
4. sentence🔊 וְהֽוּא־הָלַ֤ךְ בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ י֔וֹם וַיָּבֹ֕א וַיֵּ֕שֶׁב תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם אחת אֶחָ֑ד וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ לָמ֔וּת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר רַ֗ב עַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ קַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֔י כִּֽי־לֹא־ט֥וֹב אָנֹכִ֖י מֵאֲבֹתָֽי׃

   ve-HU-ha-LAKH ba-mid-BAR DE-rekh YOM va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV TA-khat RO-tem a-KHAT e-KHAD va-yish-EAL ET-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER RAV a-TA Ye-ho-VAH KAKH naf-SHI ki-LO-TOv a-no-KHI me-a-vo-TAI

   and he went in the wilderness a way or journey a day and he came and he sat under a broom plant or broom tree one {feminine} one and he asked his life {direct object marker plus his soul} to die and he said enough or much now LORD take my life or my soul for not good I from my fathers or than my fathers

Exegesis

The narrative uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs (vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | va·yā·vō} ‘and he came’, vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | va·yē·šev} ‘and he sat’, vayishal {וַיִּשְׁאַל | va·yish·ʾāl} ‘and he asked’, vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va·yō·mer} ‘and he said’) to convey chronological progression.