וַיָּבֹ֖א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּבֹ֖א

   va-ya-VO

   and he came in
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א

   va-ye-TSE va-ya-VO

   and he went out and he came in
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א לִפְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

   va-ye-TSE va-ya-VO lif-NE ha-AM

   and he went out and he came in before the people
4. sentence🔊 וַיְסִרֵ֤הוּ שָׁאוּל֙ מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ ל֖וֹ שַׂר־אָ֑לֶף וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א לִפְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

   va-ye-si-RE-hu sha-UL me-im-MO va-ye-si-ME-hu LO sar-A-lef va-ye-TSE va-ya-VO lif-NE ha-AM

   and he removed him Saul from with him and he set him for him or to him commander of a thousand and he went out and he came in before the people

Exegesis

The paired verbs vayetze vayavo {וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א | wayyəṣēʼ wayyāḇōʼ} form a synonymous parallelism for campaign activity, and the phrase lifnei haam {לִפְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם | lip̄nê hā-ʿām} “before the people” emphasizes public visibility. The English renderings preserve verb order and idiomatic sense by mirroring “went out” and “came in” (formal) or “march out and return” (dynamic).