וַיַּ֤עַשׂ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּ֤עַשׂ

   va-ya-AS

   and he made
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֤עַשׂ אֲשֵׁרָה֙

   va-ya-AS a-she-RA

   and he made an Asherah
3. clause🔊 וַיָּ֨קֶם מִזְבְּחֹ֜ת לַבַּ֗עַל וַיַּ֤עַשׂ אֲשֵׁרָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֗ה אַחְאָב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ לְכָל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד אֹתָֽם׃

   va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT la-BA-al va-ya-AS a-she-RA ka-a-SHER a-SA akh-AV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-AVOD o-TAM

   and he set up altars for Baal and he made an Asherah as he did Ahab king of Israel and they bowed down to all {of} the host of the heavens and he served them
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֗שָׁב וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־הַבָּמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִבַּ֖ד חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ אָבִ֑יו וַיָּ֨קֶם מִזְבְּחֹ֜ת לַבַּ֗עַל וַיַּ֤עַשׂ אֲשֵׁרָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֗ה אַחְאָב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ לְכָל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד אֹתָֽם׃

   va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER i-BAD khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT la-BA-al va-ya-AS a-she-RA ka-a-SHER a-SA akh-AV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-AVOD o-TAM

   and he returned and he built {direct object} the high places which he destroyed Hezekiah his father and he set up altars for Baal and he made an Asherah as he did Ahab king of Israel and they bowed down to all {of} the host of the heavens and he served them

Exegesis

The narrative uses a series of vav-consecutive verbs—vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyā-šāb} ‘and he returned’, vayiven {וַיִּבֶן | wayyī-ḇen} ‘and he built’, vayyaqem {וַיָּקֶם | wayyā-qēm} ‘and he erected’, vayyaʿaś {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayya-ʿaś} ‘and he made’, vayyishtāḥû {וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ | wayyī-štā-ḥû} ‘and he prostrated’, and vayyaʿăḇōd {וַיַּעֲבֹד | wayya-ʿă-ḇōḏ} ‘and he served’—to link actions in historical sequence.