וַיַּ֛ךְ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּ֛ךְ

   va-YAKH

   and he struck
2. clause🔊 וַיַּעַל֩ מְנַחֵ֨ם בֶּן־גָּדִ֜י מִתִּרְצָ֗ה וַיָּבֹא֙ שֹׁמְר֔וֹן וַיַּ֛ךְ אֶת־שַׁלּ֥וּם בֶּן־יָבֵ֖ישׁ בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן

   va-YA-al me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di mit-tir-TSA va-ya-BO shom-re-RON va-YAKH et-shal-LUM ben-ya-VESH be-shom-re-RON

   and he went up Menahem son of Gadi from Tirzah and he came Samaria and he struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּעַל֩ מְנַחֵ֨ם בֶּן־גָּדִ֜י מִתִּרְצָ֗ה וַיָּבֹא֙ שֹׁמְר֔וֹן וַיַּ֛ךְ אֶת־שַׁלּ֥וּם בֶּן־יָבֵ֖ישׁ בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן וַיְמִיתֵ֖הוּ וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-YA-al me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di mit-tir-TSA va-ya-BO shom-re-RON va-YAKH et-shal-LUM ben-ya-VESH be-shom-re-RON va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-yim-LOKH takh-TAIV

   and he went up Menahem son of Gadi from Tirzah and he came Samaria and he struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and he put him to death and he reigned in his place

Exegesis

The verse employs a sequence of vav-consecutive narrative verbs to link events rapidly: wayyaʾal {וַיַּעַל | wayyaʾal} ‘and he went up’, wayyavô {וַיָּבֹא | wayyavô} ‘and he came’, wayyak {וַיַּךְ | wayyaḵ} ‘and he struck’, wayyemiṯêhû {וַיְמִיתֵהוּ | wayyemiṯêhû} ‘and he put him to death’, wayyim·lōḵ {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyim·lōḵ} ‘and he reigned’.

Root and etymology

n-k-h🔊 נ־כ־הn-k-h

“to strike”

• 🔊 מַכָּהmakkāhblowExodus 21:25