וַיָּבֵ֗א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּבֵ֗א

   va-ya-VE

   and he brought
2. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵ֨י ב֤וֹא אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ מֵֽהַכּ֣וֹת אֶת־אֲדוֹמִ֔ים וַיָּבֵ֗א אֶת־אֱלֹהֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י שֵׂעִ֔יר וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֥ם ל֖וֹ לֵאלֹהִ֑ים

   va-ye-HI a-kha-REI VO a-mats-ya-HU me-ha-KOT et-a-do-MIM va-ya-VE et-e-lo-HEI be-NEI se-IR va-ya-a-mi-DEM LO le-e-lo-HIM

   and it happened after the coming Amaziah from striking down {direct object} Edomites and he brought {direct object} the gods of the sons of Seir and he set them up for him as gods
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵ֨י ב֤וֹא אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ מֵֽהַכּ֣וֹת אֶת־אֲדוֹמִ֔ים וַיָּבֵ֗א אֶת־אֱלֹהֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י שֵׂעִ֔יר וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֥ם ל֖וֹ לֵאלֹהִ֑ים וְלִפְנֵיהֶ֥ם יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה וְלָהֶ֥ם יְקַטֵּֽר׃

   va-ye-HI a-kha-REI VO a-mats-ya-HU me-ha-KOT et-a-do-MIM va-ya-VE et-e-lo-HEI be-NEI se-IR va-ya-a-mi-DEM LO le-e-lo-HIM ve-lif-ne-HEM yish-ta-kha-VE ve-la-HEM ye-kat-TER

   and it happened after the coming Amaziah from striking down {direct object} Edomites and he brought {direct object} the gods of the sons of Seir and he set them up for him as gods and before them he would bow down and to them he would make smoke or burn incense

Exegesis

The mainline sequence advances through two vav-consecutive Hifil verbs, vayave {וַיָּבֵ֗א | wayyāḇêʾ} ‘and he brought’ and vayyaamidem {וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֥ם | wayyaʿămîḏēm} ‘and he set them up,’ portraying intentional transport and installation.