דָּוִ֣ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דָּוִ֣ד

   da-VID

   David
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו

   da-VID a-VIV

   David his father
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וְלֹא־סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃

   va-ye-LEKH be-KHOL-DE-rekh da-VID a-VIV ve-LO-SAHR ya-MIN u-se-MOL

   and he walked in all the way of David his father and not he turned aside to the right and to the left
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וְלֹא־סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃

   va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-E-ne ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH be-KHOL-DE-rekh da-VID a-VIV ve-LO-SAHR ya-MIN u-se-MOL

   and he did the right or upright in the eyes of the LORD and he walked in all the way of David his father and not he turned aside to the right and to the left

Exegesis

Wayyēleḵ bĕ-kāl-ḏereḵ Dāwiḏ ’āḇîw {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו | wayyēleḵ bĕ-kāl-ḏereḵ Dāwiḏ ’āḇîw} ‘and he walked in the whole way of David his father’ uses a construct chain to indicate emulation.