וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ

   va-yif-re-SE-hu

   and he spread it
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ

   va-yif-re-SE-hu khiz-ki-YA-hu

   and he spread it Hezekiah
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֙עַל֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

   va-YA-al BET Ye-ho-VAH va-yif-re-SE-hu khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH

   and he went up the house of the LORD and he spread it Hezekiah before the LORD
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח חִזְקִיָּ֧הוּ אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֛ים מִיַּ֥ד הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם וַיַּ֙עַל֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

   va-yik-KAKH khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ha-se-fa-RIM mi-YAD ham-mal-a-KHIM va-yik-ra-EM va-YA-al BET Ye-ho-VAH va-yif-re-SE-hu khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH

   and he took Hezekiah the scrolls or letters from the hand of the messengers and he read them and he went up the house of the LORD and he spread it Hezekiah before the LORD

Exegesis

Sequential actions follow with vayyiqraʼem {וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם | vā-yiq-rā-ʾem} ‘and he read them’, vayyaʻal {וַיַּעַל | vā-yyā-ʿal} ‘and he went up’, and vayyipreshehu {וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ | vā-yiṗ-rə-śē-hū} ‘and he spread it’.

Root and etymology

פ־ר־שׂ🔊 pe–resh–shin

“to spread out”

• 🔊 פָּרָשָׁהparashahportion, sectionNehemiah 8:8