וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ

   va-yi-SA-lo

   and he took for himself
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ נָשִׁ֖ים

   va-yi-SA-lo na-SHIM

   and he took for himself wives or women
3. clause🔊 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ נָשִׁ֖ים אַרְבַּ֣ע עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה

   va-yit-kha-ZEK a-vi-YA-hu va-yi-SA-lo na-SHIM ar-BA e-se-RE

   and he strengthened himself or grew mighty Abijah and he took for himself wives or women four ten
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ נָשִׁ֖ים אַרְבַּ֣ע עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה וַיּ֗וֹלֶד עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ בָּנִ֔ים וְשֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה בָּנ֑וֹת׃

   va-yit-kha-ZEK a-vi-YA-hu va-yi-SA-lo na-SHIM ar-BA e-se-RE va-yo-LED e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim ba-NIM ve-SHESH e-se-RE ba-NOT

   and he strengthened himself or grew mighty Abijah and he took for himself wives or women four ten and he fathered or begot twenty and two sons and six ten daughters

Exegesis

A string of vav-consecutive/Qal imperfect clauses (vayissa {וַיִּשָּׂא | va-yi-sā-ʾ} ‘and he took’, veyoled {וְיוֹלֶד | wə-yo-lēḏ} ‘and he fathered’) lays out Abijah’s personal activities.