לְקֹלָ֖ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְקֹלָ֖ם

   le-ko-LAM

   to their voice
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע לְקֹלָ֖ם

   va-yish-MA le-ko-LAM

   and he listened to their voice
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע לְקֹלָ֖ם וַיַּ֥עַשׂ כֵּֽן׃

   va-yish-MA le-ko-LAM va-ya-AS KEN

   and he listened to their voice and he did so
4. sentence🔊 וְאַתָּ֣ה תִֽמְנֶה־לְךָ֣ חַ֡יִל כַּחַיִל֩ הַנֹּפֵ֨ל מֵאוֹתָ֜ךְ וְס֣וּ כַּסּ֣וּ וְרֶ֣כֶב כָּרֶ֗כֶב וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֤ה אוֹתָם֙ בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹר אִם־לֹ֥א נֶחֱזַ֖ק מֵהֶ֑ם וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע לְקֹלָ֖ם וַיַּ֥עַשׂ כֵּֽן׃

   ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL ka-kha-YIL ha-no-FEL me-o-TAKH ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM ba-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM va-yish-MA le-ko-LAM va-ya-AS KEN

   and you you shall appoint for yourself an army like the army that is falling or that was lost from you and horse like the horse and chariot like the chariot and we will fight them in the plain surely we shall be stronger than they and he listened to their voice and he did so

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive forms vayishma {וַיִּשְׁמַע | wa-yish-māʿ} and vayaas {וַיַּעַשׂ | wa-ya-ʿas} sequence narrative action, highlighting the king’s prompt obedience to the counselors’ kolam {קֹלָם | qō-lām} ‘voice’. The paratactic clause structure in Hebrew is retained in English by preserving the linked commands and outcomes without subordinate connectors.