וַתִּקְרַב֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתִּקְרַב֙

   va-tik-RAV

   and drew near
2. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַתִּקְרַב֙ הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַיַּכּ֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל אֶת־אֲרָ֛ם מֵאָה־אֶ֥לֶף רַגְלִ֖י בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃

   va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD

   and it happened on the day the seventh and drew near the battle and struck sons of Israel {direct object} Aram one hundred thousand foot soldiers or infantry in a day one
3. sentence🔊 וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּ אֵ֦לֶּה נֹֽכַח־אֵ֖לֶּה שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים וַיְהִ֣י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַתִּקְרַב֙ הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַיַּכּ֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל אֶת־אֲרָ֛ם מֵאָה־אֶ֥לֶף רַגְלִ֖י בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃

   va-ya-kha-NU E-le NO-khakh-E-le shiv-AT ya-MIM va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD

   and they camped these opposite these seven of days and it happened on the day the seventh and drew near the battle and struck sons of Israel {direct object} Aram one hundred thousand foot soldiers or infantry in a day one

Exegesis

The verse unfolds through a series of vav-consecutive verbs (wayyaḥănnû {וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּ | wayyaḥănnû} ‘and they encamped’; wayhî {וַיְהִ֣י | wayhî} ‘and it happened’; wattaqrav {וַתִּקְרַב֙ | wattaqrav} ‘and it came near’; wayyaqqû {וַיַּכּ֨וּ | wayyaqqû} ‘and they struck’), creating rapid narrative motion characteristic of Hebrew storytelling.