וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ

   va-ya-BO-u

   and they came
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם

   va-ya-BO-u ye-ru-sha-LA-im

   and they came Jerusalem
3. clause🔊 וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיַּעֲל֣וּ וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ בִּתְעָלַת֙ הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֕ר בִּמְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵ֥ה כוֹבֵֽס׃

   va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u va-ya-am-DU bit-a-LAT ha-be-re-KHA ha-e-lyo-NA a-SHER bim-si-LAT se-DE kho-VES

   and they went up and they came Jerusalem and they went up and they came and they stood by the conduit or in the channel of the pool the upper which on the highway of field of a washer or the washer’s
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֡וּר אֶת־תַּרְתָּ֥ן וְאֶת־רַב־סָרִ֣י וְאֶת־רַב־שָׁקֵ֨ה מִן־לָכִ֜ישׁ אֶל־הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ בְּחֵ֥יל כָּבֵ֖ד יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיַּעֲל֣וּ וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ בִּתְעָלַת֙ הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֕ר בִּמְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵ֥ה כוֹבֵֽס׃

   va-yish-LAKH ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-tar-TAN ve-et-rav-sa-RIS ve-et-rav-sha-KE min-la-KHISH el-ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHEIL ka-VED ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u va-ya-am-DU bit-a-LAT ha-be-re-KHA ha-e-lyo-NA a-SHER bim-si-LAT se-DE kho-VES

   and sent the king of Assyria Tartan {direct-object marker plus name} and Rab-saris {and plus direct-object marker plus title} and Rabshakeh {and plus direct-object marker plus title} from Lachish to the king Hezekiah with force or with an army heavy Jerusalem and they went up and they came Jerusalem and they went up and they came and they stood by the conduit or in the channel of the pool the upper which on the highway of field of a washer or the washer’s

Exegesis

The paired imperfects wayya‘ă-lû {וַיַּעֲלוּ | wayya‘ă-lû} ‘and they went up’ and wayyā-bō-‘û {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyā-bō-‘û} ‘and they came’ repeat to mark ascent and arrival, reflecting Jerusalem’s elevation.