וַיַּ֥רְא

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּ֥רְא

   va-YAR-e

   and he saw
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֥רְא אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ

   va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh

   and he saw
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָחָ֡ז לִ֠קְרַאת תִּגְלַ֨ת פִּלְאֶ֤סֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וַיַּ֥רְא אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂק

   va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ lik-re-AT tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR du-ME-sek va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-da-MA-sek

   and he went the king Ahaz to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria Damascus and he saw which in Damascus
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָחָ֡ז לִ֠קְרַאת תִּגְלַ֨ת פִּלְאֶ֤סֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וַיַּ֥רְא אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂק וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז אֶל־אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֶת־דְּמ֧וּת הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ וְאֶת־תַּבְנִית֖וֹ לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃

   va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ lik-re-AT tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR du-ME-sek va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-da-MA-sek va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ el-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh ve-et-tab-ni-TO le-khol-ma-a-SE-u

   and he went the king Ahaz to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria Damascus and he saw which in Damascus and he sent the king Ahaz to Uriah the priest the altar and its form or pattern according to all its workmanship or doing

Exegesis

The verse advances by a chain of wayyiqtol verbs, beginning with wayyelek {וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | wāyyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ and continuing with wayyar {וַיַּ֥רְא | wāyyarʾ} ‘and he saw’ and wayyishlakh {וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ | wāyyišlaḥ} ‘and he sent,’ creating a rapid narrative sequence of travel, observation, and response.