וַיָּבֹ֤א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּבֹ֤א

   va-ya-VO

   and he came
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּבֹ֤א אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל֙

   va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL

   and he came to Samuel
3. clause🔊 וְדָוִ֨ד בָּרַ֜ח וַיִּמָּלֵ֗ט וַיָּבֹ֤א אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל֙ הָרָמָ֔תָה וַיַּ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹ אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָֽשָׂה־ל֖וֹ שָׁא֑וּל

   ve-da-VID ba-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL ha-ra-MA-ta va-yag-GED-lo ET kol-a-SHER a-SA-lo sha-UL

   and David fled and escaped and he came to Samuel to Ramah and told him all that had done to him Saul
4. sentence🔊 וְדָוִ֨ד בָּרַ֜ח וַיִּמָּלֵ֗ט וַיָּבֹ֤א אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל֙ הָרָמָ֔תָה וַיַּ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹ אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָֽשָׂה־ל֖וֹ שָׁא֑וּל וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הוּא֙ וּשְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בנוית בְּנָיֽוֹת׃

   ve-da-VID ba-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL ha-ra-MA-ta va-yag-GED-lo ET kol-a-SHER a-SA-lo sha-UL va-YE-lekh HU u-she-mu-EL va-YESH-vu ve-no-YIT be-na-YOT

   and David fled and escaped and he came to Samuel to Ramah and told him all that had done to him Saul and he went he and Samuel and they dwelt in Naioth Naioth

Exegesis

The narrative progression is marked by the vav consecutive verbs wayyāḇōʾ {וַיָּבֹ֤א | way-yā-ḇōʾ} ‘and he came’, wayyaggēḏ-lō {וַיַּ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹ | way-yag-gēd-lō} ‘and he told him’, and wayyēleḵ {וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, indicating sequential action.