וַיָּ֥סַר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֥סַר

   va-ya-SAR

   turned aside, departed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֥סַר קֵינִ֖י

   va-ya-SAR kei-NI

   the Kenite turned aside, departed
3. clause🔊 וַיָּ֥סַר קֵינִ֖י מִתּ֥וֹךְ עֲמָלֵֽק׃

   va-ya-SAR kei-NI mi-TOKH a-ma-LEK

   the Kenite turned aside, departed from the midst of Amalek
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֣וּל אֶֽל־הַקֵּינִ֡י לְכוּ֩ סֻּ֨רוּ רְד֜וּ מִתּ֣וֹךְ עֲמָלֵקִ֗י פֶּן־אֹֽסִפְךָ֙ עִמּ֔וֹ וְאַתָּ֞ה עָשִׂ֤יתָה חֶ֙סֶד֙ עִם־כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּעֲלוֹתָ֖ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַיָּ֥סַר קֵינִ֖י מִתּ֥וֹךְ עֲמָלֵֽק׃

   va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-KEI-ni le-KHU su-RU re-DU mi-TOKH a-ma-le-KI pen-oh-SIF-kha i-MO ve-a-TA a-SI-ta KHE-sed im-kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ba-a-lo-TAM mi-mits-RA-yim va-ya-SAR kei-NI mi-TOKH a-ma-LEK

   Saul said to the Kenite go turn aside, depart go down from the midst of Amalekite lest I sweep you away with him and you showed kindness, loyal love with all the sons of Israel when they went up from Egypt the Kenite turned aside, departed from the midst of Amalek

Exegesis

The narrative resumes with wayyāsar {וַיָּסַר | wayyāsar} ‘and he withdrew’, describing the Kenite, qê·nî {קֵינִי | qê·nî} ‘Kenite’, leaving mitôḵ {מִתּוֹךְ | mitôḵ} ‘amid’ ʿămālēq {עֲמָלֵֽק | ʿămālēq} ‘Amalek’. The vav-consecutive and the threefold imperative pattern reinforce causality and the seriousness of the command.

Root and etymology

s-w-r🔊 ס־ו־רsamekh–vav–resh

“turn aside; depart”