וַיִּתְחַזַּ֔ק

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּתְחַזַּ֔ק

   va-yit-kha-ZAK

   and he strengthened himself or became strong
2. clause🔊 וַיָּ֨קָם יְהוֹרָ֜ם עַל־מַמְלֶ֤כַת אָבִיו֙ וַיִּתְחַזַּ֔ק וַיַּהֲרֹ֥ג אֶת־כָּל־אֶחָ֖יו בֶּחָ֑רֶב

   va-ya-KAM ye-ho-RAM al-mam-le-KHAT A-vi-v va-yit-kha-ZAK va-ya-ha-ROG et-kal-e-KHAI-v be-kha-REV

   and he rose Jehoram over the kingdom of his father and he strengthened himself or became strong and he killed {direct object} all his brothers with the sword
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֨קָם יְהוֹרָ֜ם עַל־מַמְלֶ֤כַת אָבִיו֙ וַיִּתְחַזַּ֔ק וַיַּהֲרֹ֥ג אֶת־כָּל־אֶחָ֖יו בֶּחָ֑רֶב וְגַ֖ם מִשָּׂרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-ya-KAM ye-ho-RAM al-mam-le-KHAT A-vi-v va-yit-kha-ZAK va-ya-ha-ROG et-kal-e-KHAI-v be-kha-REV ve-GAM mi-sa-RE yis-ra-EL

   and he rose Jehoram over the kingdom of his father and he strengthened himself or became strong and he killed {direct object} all his brothers with the sword and also from the princes of Israel

Exegesis

The Hebrew narrative employs a series of vav consecutive verbs (vayāqām {וַיָּקָם | wayyāqām} ‘and he rose up,’ wayittiḥazzēq {וַיִּתְחַזַּק | wayittiḥazzēq} ‘and he strengthened himself,’ wayahărōḡ {וַיַּהֲרֹג | wayahărōḡ} ‘and he killed’) to convey rapid sequential action.