וַיַּכּוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּכּוּ֙

   va-ya-KU

   and they struck
2. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן‪ הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ אֶל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּכּוּ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל מָ֑יִם

   va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim

   and he heard son of Hadad to the king Asa and he sent the commanders of the armies which were his against the cities of Israel and they struck Ijon and Dan and Abel waters
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן‪ הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ אֶל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּכּוּ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל מָ֑יִם וְאֵ֥ת כָּֽל־מִסְכְּנ֖וֹת עָרֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִֽי׃

   va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim ve-ET KAL-mis-ke-NOT a-RE naf-ta-LI

   and he heard son of Hadad to the king Asa and he sent the commanders of the armies which were his against the cities of Israel and they struck Ijon and Dan and Abel waters and all the storehouses of the cities of Naphtali

Exegesis

The final clause vayakku {וַיַּכּוּ֙ | wayyakkū} ‘they struck’ is followed by an asyndetic list of direct objects (et-iyon, ve-et-dan, ve-et-avel mayim, ve-et kol-miskenot arei naphtali), creating a rapid succession of victories. English rendering omits the et markers for idiomatic clarity.