וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם

   va-yash-KEM

   and he rose early
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד

   va-yash-KEM da-VID

   and he rose early David
3. clause🔊 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙ עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר וַיִּשָּׂ֣א וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִשָׁ֑י

   va-yash-KEM da-VID ba-BO-ker va-yit-TOSH ET-ha-TSON al-sho-MER va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu yi-SHAI

   and he rose early David in the morning and he left {direct object} the flock with a keeper or guard and he carried or took up and he went as, just as, or according as he commanded him Jesse
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙ עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר וַיִּשָּׂ֣א וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִשָׁ֑י וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמַּעְגָּ֔לָה וְהַחַ֗יִל הַיֹּצֵא֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה וְהֵרֵ֖עוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   va-yash-KEM da-VID ba-BO-ker va-yit-TOSH ET-ha-TSON al-sho-MER va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu yi-SHAI va-ya-VO ha-ma-e-ga-LA ve-ha-KHA-yil ha-yo-TSE el-ha-ma-a-ra-KHA ve-he-RE-u ba-mil-kha-MA

   and he rose early David in the morning and he left {direct object} the flock with a keeper or guard and he carried or took up and he went as, just as, or according as he commanded him Jesse and he came the encampment or the camp-circle and the force or the army the one going out to the battle line or array and they shouted in the battle or in the war

Exegesis

The verse uses a sequence of vav consecutive imperfect verbs, beginning with vayashkem {וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם | wā-yaš-qēm} “and he arose early,” to narrate David’s actions.