וַיִּקַּ֨ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח

   va-yik-KAKH

   and he took
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח יִשַׁ֜י

   va-yik-KAKH yi-SHAI

   and he took Jesse
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח יִשַׁ֜י חֲמ֥וֹר לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְנֹ֣אד יַ֔יִן וּגְדִ֥י עִזִּ֖ים אֶחָ֑ד

   va-yik-KAKH yi-SHAI kha-MOR LE-khem ve-NOD YA-yin u-ge-DI i-ZIM e-KHAD

   and he took Jesse a donkey bread and a skin or wineskin wine and a young goat of goats one
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח יִשַׁ֜י חֲמ֥וֹר לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְנֹ֣אד יַ֔יִן וּגְדִ֥י עִזִּ֖ים אֶחָ֑ד וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח בְּיַד־דָּוִ֥ד בְּנ֖וֹ אֶל־שָׁאֽוּל׃

   va-yik-KAKH yi-SHAI kha-MOR LE-khem ve-NOD YA-yin u-ge-DI i-ZIM e-KHAD va-yish-LAKH be-YAD-da-VID be-NO el-sha-UL

   and he took Jesse a donkey bread and a skin or wineskin wine and a young goat of goats one and he sent by the hand of David his son to Saul

Exegesis

The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayyiqqakh {וַיִּקַּח | va-yik-kakh} ‘and he took’, establishing sequential action.