וַיִּסֹּ֞ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּסֹּ֞ב

   va-yi-SOV

   and he turned
2. clause🔊 וַיִּסֹּ֞ב דויג דּוֹאֵ֣ג הָאֲדֹמִ֗י וַיִּפְגַּע־הוּא֙ בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וַיָּ֣מֶת בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא שְׁמֹנִ֤ים וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙ אִ֔ישׁ נֹשֵׂ֖א אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃

   va-yi-SOV do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI va-yif-GA-u ba-ko-ha-NIM va-ya-MET ba-YOM ha-HU she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA ISH no-SE e-FOD BAD

   and he turned Doeg Doeg the Edomite and he struck, he the priests and he put to death in the day that eighty and five man bearing ephod linen
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לדויג לְדוֹאֵ֔ג סֹ֣ב אַתָּ֔ה וּפְגַ֖ע בַּכֹּהֲנִ֑ים וַיִּסֹּ֞ב דויג דּוֹאֵ֣ג הָאֲדֹמִ֗י וַיִּפְגַּע־הוּא֙ בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וַיָּ֣מֶת בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא שְׁמֹנִ֤ים וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙ אִ֔ישׁ נֹשֵׂ֖א אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃

   va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-do-YIG le-do-EG SOV a-TA u-fe-GA ba-ko-ha-NIM va-yi-SOV do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI va-yif-GA-u ba-ko-ha-NIM va-ya-MET ba-YOM ha-HU she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA ISH no-SE e-FOD BAD

   and he said the king to Doeg to Doeg turn you and strike the priests and he turned Doeg Doeg the Edomite and he struck, he the priests and he put to death in the day that eighty and five man bearing ephod linen

Exegesis

The narrative uses vav consecutive clauses (vayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer}, vay-yisov {וַיִּסֹּב | vay-yis-sōb}, vayipga-hu {וַיִּפְגַּע־הוּא | vay-yip-pa-‘a-hū}, vayamet {וַיָּמֶת | vay-yā-met}) to link actions rapidly.