וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ

   va-yit-kab-TSU

   and they gathered {themselves}
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ אֵ֠לָיו

   va-yit-kab-TSU e-LAV

   and they gathered {themselves} to him
3. clause🔊 וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ אֵ֠לָיו כָּל־אִ֨ישׁ מָצ֜וֹק וְכָל־אִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ל֤וֹ נֹשֶׁא֙ וְכָל־אִ֨ישׁ אִ֣ישׁ מַר־נֶ֔פֶשׁ וַיְהִ֥י עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לְשָׂ֑ר

   va-yit-kab-TSU e-LAV kol-ISH ma-TSOK ve-kol-ISH a-SHER-lo no-SHE ve-kol-ISH ISH mar-NE-fesh va-ye-HI a-LE-hem le-SAR

   and they gathered {themselves} to him every man in distress and every man who to him or who had a creditor or one demanding payment and every man a man bitter of soul and he was over them for a commander or ruler
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ אֵ֠לָיו כָּל־אִ֨ישׁ מָצ֜וֹק וְכָל־אִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ל֤וֹ נֹשֶׁא֙ וְכָל־אִ֨ישׁ אִ֣ישׁ מַר־נֶ֔פֶשׁ וַיְהִ֥י עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לְשָׂ֑ר וַיִּהְי֣וּ עִמּ֔וֹ כְּאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ׃

   va-yit-kab-TSU e-LAV kol-ISH ma-TSOK ve-kol-ISH a-SHER-lo no-SHE ve-kol-ISH ISH mar-NE-fesh va-ye-HI a-LE-hem le-SAR va-yih-YU im-MO ke-ar-BA me-OT ISH

   and they gathered {themselves} to him every man in distress and every man who to him or who had a creditor or one demanding payment and every man a man bitter of soul and he was over them for a commander or ruler and they were with him about four hundreds men

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Hitpael verb wayyiṯqabbeṣû {וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ | wayyiṯqabbeṣû} ‘and they gathered together,’ indicating a communal movement toward David expressed by the prepositional phrase ʾêlāyw {אֵ֠לָיו | ʾêlāyw} ‘to him.’

Root and etymology

ק־ב־צ🔊 q–b–ṣq, b, ts

“to gather, assemble”

• 🔊 קִבּוּץqibbutzassemblyNehemiah 8:1