וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ

   va-ya-NU-su

   and they fled
2. clause🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֨א דָוִ֜ד וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַיַּ֤ךְ בָּהֶם֙ מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ מִפָּנָֽיו׃

   va-ye-TSE da-VID va-yil-LA-khem ba-pe-li-sh-TIM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV

   and he went out David and he fought against the Philistines and he struck in them, against them a blow, a strike great and they fled from before him, from his presence
3. sentence🔊 וַתּ֥וֹסֶף הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה לִֽהְי֑וֹת וַיֵּצֵ֨א דָוִ֜ד וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַיַּ֤ךְ בָּהֶם֙ מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ מִפָּנָֽיו׃

   va-to-SEF ha-mil-kha-MA li-he-YOT va-ye-TSE da-VID va-yil-LA-khem ba-pe-li-sh-TIM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV

   and she or it added, and it continued the war to be, to occur and he went out David and he fought against the Philistines and he struck in them, against them a blow, a strike great and they fled from before him, from his presence

Exegesis

A rapid series of vav consecutive verbs—vayetse {וַיֵּצֵ֨א | way-yê-ṣēʾ} ‘he went out,’ vayilachem {וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם | way-yil-lā-ḥêm} ‘he fought,’ vayakh {וַיַּךְ | way-yakk} ‘he struck,’ and vayanusu {וַיָּנֻסוּ | way-yan-nû-sû} ‘they fled’—advances the narrative swiftly.