וַיּ֗וֹלֶד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיּ֗וֹלֶד

   va-yo-LED

   and he fathered or begot
2. clause🔊 וַיּ֗וֹלֶד עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ בָּנִ֔ים וְשֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה בָּנ֑וֹת׃

   va-yo-LED e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim ba-NIM ve-SHESH e-se-RE ba-NOT

   and he fathered or begot twenty and two sons and six ten daughters
3. 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.