וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙

   va-ya-SHAV

   and he returned
2. clause🔊 וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְלֹא־עָ֥מַד שָׁ֖ם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

   va-ya-SHAV ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-LO-a-MAD SHAM ba-A-rets

   and he returned the king of Assyria and not he stood or remained there in the land
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּצֵא֩ מְנַחֵ֨ם אֶת־הַכֶּ֜סֶף עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַ֚ל כָּל־גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י הַחַ֔יִל לָתֵת֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר חֲמִשִּׁ֧ים שְׁקָלִ֛ים כֶּ֖סֶף לְאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְלֹא־עָ֥מַד שָׁ֖ם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

   va-yo-TSE me-na-KHEM et-ha-KE-sef al-yis-ra-EL AL kal-gi-bo-RE ha-kha-YIL la-TET le-ME-lekh a-SHUR kha-mi-SHIM she-ka-LIM KE-sef le-ISH e-KHAD va-ya-SHAV ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-LO-a-MAD SHAM ba-A-rets

   and he brought out Menahem upon Israel upon all mighty men of the force or valor to give to a king of Assyria fifty shekels silver for a man one or each and he returned the king of Assyria and not he stood or remained there in the land

Exegesis

The closing sequence wayyashav {וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ | wayyāšāḇ} ‘he turned back’ followed by velo-amad {וְלֹא־עָ֥מַד | wə-lōʾ-ʿāmaḏ} ‘he did not remain’ presents the result: the tribute achieves a withdrawal rather than an occupation, reinforced by the locative sham baarets {שָׁ֖ם בָּאָֽרֶץ | šām bāʾāreṣ} ‘there in the land.’