וַיָּבֹ֖א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּבֹ֖א

   va-ya-VO

   and he came
2. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד וַיָּבֹ֖א יַ֥עַר חָֽרֶת׃

   va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-ya-VO YA-ar KHA-ret

   and he went David and he came forest Hereth
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ גָּ֨ד הַנָּבִ֜יא אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד לֹ֤א תֵשֵׁב֙ בַּמְּצוּדָ֔ה לֵ֥ךְ וּבָֽאתָ־לְּךָ֖ אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד וַיָּבֹ֖א יַ֥עַר חָֽרֶת׃

   va-yo-MER GAD ha-na-VI el-da-VID LO te-SHEV bam-me-tsu-DA LEKH u-va-TA-le-KHA E-rets ye-hu-DA va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-ya-VO YA-ar KHA-ret

   and he said Gad the prophet to David not you shall stay or sit in the stronghold go and go for yourself or and enter for yourself land Judah and he went David and he came forest Hereth

Exegesis

The narrative resumes with vav-consecutive verbs vāyelekh and vāyāḇō {וַיֵּלֶךְ, וַיָּבֹא | vāyyēleḵ, vāyyāḇō} to signal David’s compliance, concluding with the locative construct yaar Chareth {יַעַר חָרֶת | yaʿar ḥāreṯ} to indicate the specific forest.

Root and etymology

ב־וּא🔊 bet–vav–aleph

“to come”

• 🔊 יָבוֹאyavohe will comeGenesis 12:2