וַיָּ֤סַר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֤סַר

   va-ya-SAR

   and he removed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֤סַר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙

   va-ya-SAR me-a-le-HEM

   and he removed from upon them
3. clause🔊 וַיְקַצֵּץ֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז אֶת־הַמִּסְגְּר֣וֹת הַמְּכֹנ֗וֹת וַיָּ֤סַר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ ואת־אֶת־הַכִּיֹּ֔ר וְאֶת־הַיָּ֣ם הוֹרִ֔ד מֵעַ֛ל הַבָּקָ֥ר הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ

   va-ye-KA-tsets ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ et-ha-mis-ge-ROT ha-me-kho-NOT va-ya-SAR me-a-le-HEM ve-et-et-ha-ki-YOR ve-et-ha-YAM ho-RID me-AL ha-ba-KAR ha-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER ta-khe-TE-ha

   and he cut off the king Ahaz {direct object} the frames of the stands and he removed from upon them and {direct object} {direct object} the basin and {direct object} the sea he took down from upon the oxen the bronze which under it
4. sentence🔊 וַיְקַצֵּץ֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז אֶת־הַמִּסְגְּר֣וֹת הַמְּכֹנ֗וֹת וַיָּ֤סַר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ ואת־אֶת־הַכִּיֹּ֔ר וְאֶת־הַיָּ֣ם הוֹרִ֔ד מֵעַ֛ל הַבָּקָ֥ר הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וַיִּתֵּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ עַ֖ל מַרְצֶ֥פֶת אֲבָנִֽים׃

   va-ye-KA-tsets ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ et-ha-mis-ge-ROT ha-me-kho-NOT va-ya-SAR me-a-le-HEM ve-et-et-ha-ki-YOR ve-et-ha-YAM ho-RID me-AL ha-ba-KAR ha-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER ta-khe-TE-ha va-yit-TEN o-TO AL mar-TSE-fet a-va-NIM

   and he cut off the king Ahaz {direct object} the frames of the stands and he removed from upon them and {direct object} {direct object} the basin and {direct object} the sea he took down from upon the oxen the bronze which under it and he put it upon a pavement of stones

Exegesis

The verse employs a sequence of vav-consecutives—vayekatsets {וַיְקַצֵּץ֩ | va-yə-qaṣ-ṣêṣ} ‘and he cut off’, vayasar {וַיָּסַר | va-ya-sar} ‘and he removed’, horid {הוֹרִיד | hō-rîḏ} ‘he brought down’, and vayiten {וַיִּתֵּן | va-yit-tēn} ‘and he set’—to propel the narrative.