וַיִּשְׁבּ֗וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּשְׁבּ֗וּ

   va-yish-BU

   and they carried off captive
2. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲל֤וּ בִֽיהוּדָה֙ וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ וַיִּשְׁבּ֗וּ אֵ֤ת כָּל־הָרְכוּשׁ֙ הַנִּמְצָ֣א לְבֵית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְגַם־בָּנָ֖יו וְנָשָׁ֑יו

   va-ya-A-lu vi-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-ka-U-ha va-yish-BU ET KAL-ha-re-KHUSH ha-nim-TSA le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh ve-gam-ba-NAV ve-na-SHAV

   and they went up in Judah and they broke into it and they carried off captive all the property that was found for the house of the king and also his sons and his wives
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּעֲל֤וּ בִֽיהוּדָה֙ וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ וַיִּשְׁבּ֗וּ אֵ֤ת כָּל־הָרְכוּשׁ֙ הַנִּמְצָ֣א לְבֵית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְגַם־בָּנָ֖יו וְנָשָׁ֑יו וְלֹ֤א נִשְׁאַר־לוֹ֙ בֵּ֔ן כִּ֥י אִם־יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז קְטֹ֥ן בָּנָֽיו׃

   va-ya-A-lu vi-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-ka-U-ha va-yish-BU ET KAL-ha-re-KHUSH ha-nim-TSA le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh ve-gam-ba-NAV ve-na-SHAV ve-LO nish-AR-lo BEN KI im-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ke-TON ba-NAV

   and they went up in Judah and they broke into it and they carried off captive all the property that was found for the house of the king and also his sons and his wives and not was left to him a son for except Jehoahaz small or youngest of his sons

Exegesis

The narrative employs successive vav-consecutive verbs: vayya'alu {וַיַּעֲל֤וּ | va-ya-‘ăl-lū} ‘and they went up,’ vayivqa'uhu {וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ | va-yi-vqa-‘û-hā} ‘and they broke it open,’ and vayishbū {וַיִּשְׁבּ֗וּ | va-yi-šib-bū} ‘and they took captive,’ to depict a continuous sequence of hostile actions.