וָב֣וֹא

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וָב֣וֹא

   va-VO

   and I will go
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וָב֣וֹא בַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה

   va-VO va-mil-kha-MA

   and I will go into the battle
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ וָב֣וֹא בַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאַתָּ֖ה לְבַ֣שׁ בְּגָדֶ֑יךָ

   va-YO-mer ME-lekh yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT hit-kha-PES va-VO va-mil-kha-MA ve-a-TA le-VASH be-ga-DE-kha

   and he said king of Israel to Jehoshaphat disguise yourself and I will go into the battle but you wear your garments
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ וָב֣וֹא בַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאַתָּ֖ה לְבַ֣שׁ בְּגָדֶ֑יךָ וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   va-YO-mer ME-lekh yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT hit-kha-PES va-VO va-mil-kha-MA ve-a-TA le-VASH be-ga-DE-kha va-yit-kha-PES ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-ya-VO-u ba-mil-kha-MA

   and he said king of Israel to Jehoshaphat disguise yourself and I will go into the battle but you wear your garments and he disguised himself the king of Israel and they went into the battle

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive vavo {וָב֣וֹא | wāvā’} ‘and he entered’ with bamilchamah {בַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | bammilḥāmāh} ‘into the battle’ links self-disguise to combat.