וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ

   va-ya-a-SU

   and they did
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ הַלְוִיִּ֜ם

   va-ya-a-SU hal-ve-YIM

   and they did the Levites
3. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ הַלְוִיִּ֜ם וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּכֹ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה֮ יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע הַכֹּהֵן֒ וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אֲנָשָׁ֔יו בָּאֵ֣י הַשַׁבָּ֔ת עִ֖ם יוֹצְאֵ֣י הַשַׁבָּ֑ת

   va-ya-a-SU hal-ve-YIM ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ke-KHOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-yik-KHU ISH et-a-na-SHAV ba-E ha-sha-BAT IM yo-tse-E ha-sha-BAT

   and they did the Levites and all Judah according to all which he commanded Jehoiada the priest and they took each man {direct object} his men those coming the Sabbath with those going out the Sabbath
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ הַלְוִיִּ֜ם וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּכֹ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה֮ יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע הַכֹּהֵן֒ וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אֲנָשָׁ֔יו בָּאֵ֣י הַשַׁבָּ֔ת עִ֖ם יוֹצְאֵ֣י הַשַׁבָּ֑ת כִּ֣י לֹ֥א פָטַ֛ר יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע הַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃

   va-ya-a-SU hal-ve-YIM ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ke-KHOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-yik-KHU ISH et-a-na-SHAV ba-E ha-sha-BAT IM yo-tse-E ha-sha-BAT KI LO pa-TAR ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-makh-le-KHOT

   and they did the Levites and all Judah according to all which he commanded Jehoiada the priest and they took each man {direct object} his men those coming the Sabbath with those going out the Sabbath for not he dismissed Jehoiada the priest {direct object} the divisions

Exegesis

The Hebrew narrative opens with the vav-consecutive prefix on wayya'asu {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ | wayya‘ăśû} ‘and they did’ and on wayyiqḥû {וַיִּקְחוּ | wayyiqḥû} ‘and they took,’ coordinating the actions of ha-leviyim {הַלְוִיִּם | haləwiyyîm} ‘the Levites’ alongside ve-kol yehûdāh {וְכָל־יְהוּדָה | wə-kol yĕhûdāh} ‘all Judah.’