וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ

   va-ya-kha-NU

   and they encamped
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְמִכְמָ֔שׂ

   va-ya-kha-NU be-mikh-MAS

   and they encamped in Michmash
3. clause🔊 וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְמִכְמָ֔שׂ קִדְמַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית אָֽוֶן׃

   va-ya-a-LU va-ya-kha-NU be-mikh-MAS kid-MAT BET A-ven

   and they went up and they encamped in Michmash east of house of Aven
4. sentence🔊 וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים אֶ֤לֶף רֶ֙כֶב֙ וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ פָּרָשִׁ֔ים וְעָ֕ם כַּח֛וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־שְׂפַֽת־הַיָּ֖ם לָרֹ֑ב וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְמִכְמָ֔שׂ קִדְמַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית אָֽוֶן׃

   u-fe-lish-TIM ne-es-fe-U le-hil-la-KHEM im-yis-ra-EL she-lo-SHIM E-lef RE-khev ve-SHE-shet a-la-FIM pa-ra-SHIM ve-AM ka-KHOL a-SHER al-se-FAT-ha-YAM la-ROV va-ya-a-LU va-ya-kha-NU be-mikh-MAS kid-MAT BET A-ven

   and Philistines were gathered to fight with Israel thirty thousand chariotry and six thousands horsemen and people like the sand which upon the lip of the sea for abundance and they went up and they encamped in Michmash east of house of Aven

Exegesis

Sequential action is signaled by the vav-consecutive imperfects vaya'alu {וַיַּעַלוּ | way-ya-ʿă-lû} ‘and they went up’ and vayakhanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | way-ya-ḥa-nû} ‘and they camped’.