וַיָּ֥רָץ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֥רָץ

   va-ya-RATS

   and he ran
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֥רָץ הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖ה

   va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA

   and he ran to the battle line
3. clause🔊 וַיְמַהֵ֣ר דָּוִ֔ד וַיָּ֥רָץ הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖ה לִקְרַ֥את הַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽי׃

   va-ye-ma-HER da-VID va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ha-pe-lish-TI

   and he hastened David and he ran to the battle line to meet the Philistine
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָה֙ כִּֽי־קָ֣ם הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַיִּקְרַ֖ב לִקְרַ֣את דָּוִ֑ד וַיְמַהֵ֣ר דָּוִ֔ד וַיָּ֥רָץ הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖ה לִקְרַ֥את הַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽי׃

   ve-ha-YA KI-KAM ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-LEKH va-yik-RAV lik-RAT da-VID va-ye-ma-HER da-VID va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ha-pe-lish-TI

   and it happened that he arose the Philistine and he went and he drew near to meet David and he hastened David and he ran to the battle line to meet the Philistine

Exegesis

The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to create urgency, beginning with vehayah {וְהָיָה֙ | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it happened’, followed by qam {קָ֣ם | qām} ‘he arose’, way-yē-leḵ {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, way-yik-rav {וַיִּקְרַ֖ב | way-yik-rav} ‘and he drew near’, way-mah-hēr {וַיְמַהֵ֣ר | way-mah-hēr} ‘and he hurried’, and way-yā-rat͟s {וַיָּ֥רָץ | way-yā-rat͟s} ‘and he ran’.