וַיִּטְבֹּ֥ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּטְבֹּ֥ל

   va-yit-BOL

   and he dipped
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּטְבֹּ֥ל אוֹתָ֖הּ

   va-yit-BOL o-TA

   and he dipped it {her, feminine}
3. clause🔊 וְיוֹנָתָ֣ן לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֗ע בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ אָבִיו֮ אֶת־הָעָם֒ וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֶת־קְצֵ֤ה הַמַּטֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיִּטְבֹּ֥ל אוֹתָ֖הּ בְּיַעְרַ֣ת הַדְּבָ֑שׁ

   ve-yo-na-TAN LO-sha-MA be-hash-be-A a-VIV et-ha-AM va-yish-LAKH et-kse ha-ma-TE a-SHER be-ya-DO va-yit-BOL o-TA be-ya-RAT ha-de-VASH

   and Jonathan did not hear when {he} made swear his father {direct object} the people and he stretched out {direct object} the end of the staff which in his hand and he dipped it {her, feminine} in {the} honeycomb the honey
4. sentence🔊 וְיוֹנָתָ֣ן לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֗ע בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ אָבִיו֮ אֶת־הָעָם֒ וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֶת־קְצֵ֤ה הַמַּטֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיִּטְבֹּ֥ל אוֹתָ֖הּ בְּיַעְרַ֣ת הַדְּבָ֑שׁ וַיָּ֤שֶׁב יָדוֹ֙ אֶל־פִּ֔יו ותראנה וַתָּאֹ֖רְנָה עֵינָֽיו׃

   ve-yo-na-TAN LO-sha-MA be-hash-be-A a-VIV et-ha-AM va-yish-LAKH et-kse ha-ma-TE a-SHER be-ya-DO va-yit-BOL o-TA be-ya-RAT ha-de-VASH va-ya-SHEV ya-DO el-PIV ve-te-RE-na va-ta-OR-na e-NAIV

   and Jonathan did not hear when {he} made swear his father {direct object} the people and he stretched out {direct object} the end of the staff which in his hand and he dipped it {her, feminine} in {the} honeycomb the honey and he brought back his hand to his mouth and they saw and they became bright his eyes

Exegesis

Then the vav-consecutive verbs vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח | va-yish-lāḥ} ‘he sent out’ and vayitbol {וַיִּטְבֹּ֥ל | va-yit-bōl} ‘he dipped’ drive the action forward.