וַיָּ֥קָם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֥קָם

   va-ya-KAM

   rose
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֥קָם עַל־רַגְלָֽיו׃

   va-ya-KAM al-rag-LAV

   rose on his feet
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ וַיִּגַּ֤ע הָאִישׁ֙ בְּעַצְמ֣וֹת אֱלִישָׁ֔ע וַיְחִ֖י וַיָּ֥קָם עַל־רַגְלָֽיו׃

   va-YE-lekh va-yig-GA ha-ISH be-ats-MOT e-li-SHA va-ye-KHI va-ya-KAM al-rag-LAV

   the man went touched the bones of Elisha revived rose on his feet
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֞י הֵ֣ם קֹבְרִ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ וְהִנֵּה֙ רָא֣וּ אֶֽת־הַגְּד֔וּד וַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ אֶת־הָאִ֖ישׁ בְּקֶ֣בֶר אֱלִישָׁ֑ע וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ וַיִּגַּ֤ע הָאִישׁ֙ בְּעַצְמ֣וֹת אֱלִישָׁ֔ע וַיְחִ֖י וַיָּ֥קָם עַל־רַגְלָֽיו׃

   va-ye-HI HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA va-YE-lekh va-yig-GA ha-ISH be-ats-MOT e-li-SHA va-ye-KHI va-ya-KAM al-rag-LAV

   they burying a man happened behold saw the raiding band threw the man in the grave of Elisha the man went touched the bones of Elisha revived rose on his feet

Exegesis

The narrative returns to the object with vayiga {וַיִּגַּ֤ע | way-yig-gaʿ} ‘and he touched’ and the noun batsmot {בְּעַצְמוֹת | bə-ʿaṣ-mōt} ‘bones’, leading immediately to the sequence vayechi {וַיְחִי | way-ye-ḥî} ‘and he lived’ and vayakom {וַיָּקָם | way-yā-qām} ‘and he stood up’, which together underscore the instantaneous restoration. The English rendition preserves the chain of vav-consecutives and the Hebrew prepositional structures to mirror the drama and theological emphasis of the original.