וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֡הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֡הוּ

   va-tas-ti-RE-hu

   and she hid him
2. clause🔊 וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֡הוּ יְהוֹשַׁבְעַ֣ת בַּת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יְהוֹרָ֡ם אֵשֶׁת֩ יְהוֹיָדָ֨ע הַכֹּהֵ֜ן כִּ֣י הִיא֩ הָיְתָ֨ה אֲח֧וֹת אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּ מִפְּנֵ֥י עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ וְלֹ֥א הֱמִיתָֽתְהוּ׃

   va-tas-ti-RE-hu ye-ho-sha-VAHT bat-ha-ME-lekh ye-ho-RAM E-shet ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN KI HI ha-ye-TA a-KHOT a-khaz-ya-HU mip-ne a-tal-ya-HU ve-LO he-mi-TA-te-hu

   and she hid him Jehoshabeath daughter of the king Jehoram wife of Jehoiada the priest because she was sister of Ahaziah from before Athaliah and not she put him to death
3. sentence🔊 וַתִּקַּח֩ יְהוֹשַׁבְעַ֨ת בַּת־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־יוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ וַתִּגְנֹ֤ב אֹתוֹ֙ מִתּ֤וֹךְ בְּנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַמּ֣וּמָתִ֔ים וַתִּתֵּ֥ן אֹת֛וֹ וְאֶת־מֵֽינִקְתּ֖וֹ בַּחֲדַ֣ר הַמִּטּ֑וֹת וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֡הוּ יְהוֹשַׁבְעַ֣ת בַּת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יְהוֹרָ֡ם אֵשֶׁת֩ יְהוֹיָדָ֨ע הַכֹּהֵ֜ן כִּ֣י הִיא֩ הָיְתָ֨ה אֲח֧וֹת אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּ מִפְּנֵ֥י עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ וְלֹ֥א הֱמִיתָֽתְהוּ׃

   va-tik-KHAKH ye-ho-sha-VAHT bat-ha-ME-lekh et-yo-ASH ben-a-khaz-ya-HU va-tig-NOV o-TO mi-TOKH be-NE-ha-ME-lekh ha-mu-ma-TIM va-tit-TEN o-TO ve-et-me-ni-KE-to ba-kha-DAR ha-mi-TOT va-tas-ti-RE-hu ye-ho-sha-VAHT bat-ha-ME-lekh ye-ho-RAM E-shet ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN KI HI ha-ye-TA a-KHOT a-khaz-ya-HU mip-ne a-tal-ya-HU ve-LO he-mi-TA-te-hu

   and she took Jehoshabeath daughter of the king {direct object} Joash son of Ahaziah and she stole him from the midst of the sons of the king being put to death and she put him and {direct object} his nurse in the room of the beds and she hid him Jehoshabeath daughter of the king Jehoram wife of Jehoiada the priest because she was sister of Ahaziah from before Athaliah and not she put him to death

Exegesis

The narrative unfolds through a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vatikach {וַתִּקַּח | and she took}, vatignov {וַתִּגְנֹב | and she stole}, vatiten {וַתִּתֵּן | and she gave}, vatistirehu {וַתַּסְתִּירֵהוּ | and she hid him}—emphasizing swift rescue.