וַיָּ֙קָם֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֙קָם֙

   va-ya-KAM

   and he rose
2. clause🔊 וַיָּ֙קָם֙ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֔ט עֶ֖בֶד שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בֶן־דָּוִ֑יד

   va-ya-KAM ya-rav-e-AM BEN-ne-VAT E-ved she-lo-MO BEN-da-VID

   and he rose Jeroboam son of Nebat a servant of Solomon son of David
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֙קָם֙ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֔ט עֶ֖בֶד שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בֶן־דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּמְרֹ֖ד עַל־אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

   va-ya-KAM ya-rav-e-AM BEN-ne-VAT E-ved she-lo-MO BEN-da-VID va-yim-ROD al-a-do-NAI-v

   and he rose Jeroboam son of Nebat a servant of Solomon son of David and he rebelled against his lord

Exegesis

The verse is driven by two sequential wayyiqtol verbs, vayakam {וַיָּקָם | wayyāqām} ‘rose’ followed by vayimrod {וַיִּמְרֹד | wayyimrōḏ} ‘rebelled’, a classic Hebrew narrative pattern that presents actions as a tight cause-and-effect sequence: he “rose” and then “rebelled.”