וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א

   va-ye-khe-LE

   and he became sick
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א אָסָ֡א

   va-ye-khe-LE a-SA

   and he became sick Asa
3. clause🔊 וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א אָסָ֡א בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלוֹשִׁ֨ים וָתֵ֤שַׁע לְמַלְכוּתוֹ֙ בְּרַגְלָ֔יו עַד־לְמַ֖עְלָה חָלְי֑וֹ

   va-ye-khe-LE a-SA bish-NA-t she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha le-mal-khu-TO be-rag-LA-v ad-le-ma-a-LA khal-YO

   and he became sick Asa in the year of thirty and nine of his reign or of his kingship in his feet up to upwardness or exceedingly his sickness
4. sentence🔊 וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א אָסָ֡א בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלוֹשִׁ֨ים וָתֵ֤שַׁע לְמַלְכוּתוֹ֙ בְּרַגְלָ֔יו עַד־לְמַ֖עְלָה חָלְי֑וֹ וְגַם־בְּחָלְיוֹ֙ לֹא־דָרַ֣שׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֖י בָּרֹפְאִֽים׃

   va-ye-khe-LE a-SA bish-NA-t she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha le-mal-khu-TO be-rag-LA-v ad-le-ma-a-LA khal-YO ve-gam-be-khal-YO lo-da-RASH et-ye-ho-VAH KI ba-ro-fe-IM

   and he became sick Asa in the year of thirty and nine of his reign or of his kingship in his feet up to upwardness or exceedingly his sickness and also in his sickness he did not seek the LORD for or but rather in the healers or in the physicians

Exegesis

The verse begins with the narrative verb vayechela {וַיֶּחֱלֶא | wayyeḥelā} ‘and he became ill’, shifting focus to Asa’s health.