וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙

   va-yik-be-RU-hu

   and they buried him
2. clause🔊 וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד וְלֹ֥א קְבָרֻ֖הוּ בְּקִבְר֥וֹת הַמְּלָכִֽים׃

   va-yik-be-RU-hu be-IR da-VID ve-LO ke-va-RU-hu be-kiv-ROT ham-me-la-KHIM

   and they buried him in the city of David and not they buried him in the tombs of the kings
3. sentence🔊 וּבְלֶכְתָּ֣ם מִמֶּ֗נּוּ כִּֽי־עָזְב֣וּ אֹתוֹ֮ במחליים בְּמַחֲלוּיִ֣ם רַבִּים֒ הִתְקַשְּׁר֨וּ עָלָ֜יו עֲבָדָ֗יו בִּדְמֵי֙ בְּנֵי֙ יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וַיַּֽהַרְגֻ֥הוּ עַל־מִטָּת֖וֹ וַיָּמֹ֑ת וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד וְלֹ֥א קְבָרֻ֖הוּ בְּקִבְר֥וֹת הַמְּלָכִֽים׃

   u-ve-lekh-TAM mim-me-NU KI-a-ze-VU o-TO ve-ma-kha-LA-yim be-ma-kha-lu-YIM ra-BIM hit-kash-she-RU a-LAV a-va-DAV bid-ME be-NE ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-ya-har-GU-hu al-mit-ta-TO va-ya-MOT va-yik-be-RU-hu be-IR da-VID ve-LO ke-va-RU-hu be-kiv-ROT ham-me-la-KHIM

   and in their going from him that they left him with sicknesses with sicknesses many they conspired against him his servants because of the blood of sons of Jehoiada the priest and they killed him on his bed and he died and they buried him in the city of David and not they buried him in the tombs of the kings

Exegesis

The sequence of vav-consecutives wayyaḥarǵûhû, wayyāmōt, wayyiqbərûhû {וַיַּהַרְגֻהוּ וַיָּמֹת וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ | way-ya-ḥar-gû-hu, way-yā-mōt, way-yi-qə-bə-rû-hu} ‘and they killed him, and he died, and they buried him’ drives the narrative.