אֹתוֹ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֹתוֹ֙

   o-TO

   him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּכֵּ֤ר אֹתוֹ֙

   va-ya-KER o-TO

   and he recognized him
3. clause🔊 וַיַּכֵּ֤ר אֹתוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י מֵֽהַנְּבִאִ֖ים הֽוּא׃

   va-ya-KER o-TO ME-lekh yis-ra-EL KI me-han-ne-vi-IM HU

   and he recognized him the king of Israel that from the prophets he {was}
4. sentence🔊 וַיְמַהֵ֕ר וַיָּ֙סַר֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֲפֵ֔ר מעל מֵעֲלֵ֖י עֵינָ֑יו וַיַּכֵּ֤ר אֹתוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י מֵֽהַנְּבִאִ֖ים הֽוּא׃

   va-ye-ma-HER va-ya-SAR et-ha-a-FER me-AL me-a-LEI e-NA-yv va-ya-KER o-TO ME-lekh yis-ra-EL KI me-han-ne-vi-IM HU

   and he hurried and he removed {direct object} the covering or bandage from upon from upon his eyes and he recognized him the king of Israel that from the prophets he {was}

Exegesis

The recognition verb vayaker {וַיַּכֵּ֤ר | va-ya-KER} ‘and he recognized’ takes oto {אֹתוֹ֙ | ʾō-to} ‘him’ as its object, with the subject expressed in melek yisrael {מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | mê-leḵ yi-sra-ʾêl} ‘the king of Israel’.