וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ֙

   va-yif-she-TU

   and they made a raid
2. clause🔊 וּבְנֵ֣י הַגְּד֗וּד אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵשִׁ֤יב אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ מִלֶּ֤כֶת עִמּוֹ֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה מִשֹּׁמְר֖וֹן וְעַד־בֵּ֣ית חוֹר֑וֹן

   u-ve-NEI ha-ge-DUD a-SHER he-SHIV a-mats-ya-HU mi-LE-khet i-MO la-mil-kha-MA va-yif-she-TU be-a-REI ye-hu-DA mi-sho-me-RON ve-AD-BEIT kho-RON

   and sons of the troop which he brought back Amaziah from going with him to the battle and they made a raid in cities of Judah from Samaria and as far as Beth Horon
3. sentence🔊 וּבְנֵ֣י הַגְּד֗וּד אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵשִׁ֤יב אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ מִלֶּ֤כֶת עִמּוֹ֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה מִשֹּׁמְר֖וֹן וְעַד־בֵּ֣ית חוֹר֑וֹן וַיַּכּ֤וּ מֵהֶם֙ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ בִּזָּ֥ה רַבָּֽה׃

   u-ve-NEI ha-ge-DUD a-SHER he-SHIV a-mats-ya-HU mi-LE-khet i-MO la-mil-kha-MA va-yif-she-TU be-a-REI ye-hu-DA mi-sho-me-RON ve-AD-BEIT kho-RON va-yak-KU me-HEM she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM va-ya-VO-zu bi-ZA ra-BA

   and sons of the troop which he brought back Amaziah from going with him to the battle and they made a raid in cities of Judah from Samaria and as far as Beth Horon and they struck from them three of thousands and they plundered plunder much

Exegesis

Sequential narrative is marked by the vav-consecutive forms vayifshotu {וַיִּפְשְׁטוּ | va·yip̄·ʃṭû} ‘they raided,’ vayakku {וַיַּכּוּ | va·yaqqû} ‘they struck,’ and vayavozzu {וַיָּבֹזוּ | va·yā·bō·zû} ‘they plundered,’ which are rendered in English past tense to reflect continuity of action.