וְיֵרֵ֥ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְיֵרֵ֥ד

   ve-ye-RED

   and let him go down
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְיֵרֵ֥ד אֵלָֽי׃

   ve-ye-RED e-LAI

   and let him go down to me
3. clause🔊 הֲל֧וֹא אָנֹכִ֣י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י וְאַתֶּם֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים לְשָׁא֔וּל בְּרוּ־לָכֶ֥ם אִ֖ישׁ וְיֵרֵ֥ד אֵלָֽי׃

   ha-lo a-no-KHI ha-pe-lish-TI ve-a-TEM a-va-DIM le-sha-UL be-RU-la-KHEM ISH ve-ye-RED e-LAI

   is it not I the Philistine and you servants to Saul or of Saul choose for yourselves a man and let him go down to me
4. sentence🔊 וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד וַיִּקְרָא֙ אֶל־מַעַרְכֹ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לָ֥מָּה תֵצְא֖וּ לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ מִלְחָמָ֑ה הֲל֧וֹא אָנֹכִ֣י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י וְאַתֶּם֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים לְשָׁא֔וּל בְּרוּ־לָכֶ֥ם אִ֖ישׁ וְיֵרֵ֥ד אֵלָֽי׃

   va-ya-a-MOD va-yik-RA el-ma-a-re-KHOT yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER la-HEM la-MA te-tse-U la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA ha-lo a-no-KHI ha-pe-lish-TI ve-a-TEM a-va-DIM le-sha-UL be-RU-la-KHEM ISH ve-ye-RED e-LAI

   and he stood and he called out to the battle lines of Israel and he said to them why do you go out to arrange or to draw up battle is it not I the Philistine and you servants to Saul or of Saul choose for yourselves a man and let him go down to me

Exegesis

The imperative bərû-lākem {בְּרוּ־לָכֶם | bərû·lā·ḵem} ‘choose for yourselves’, coupled with the jussive imperfect wəyēred {וְיֵרֵד | wə·yē·reḏ} ‘let him come down’, establishes the single-combat scenario. This combination of rapid verb sequence, direct speech, and interrogative framing heightens the dramatic tension of the public challenge.