וַיִּתֵּ֨ן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּתֵּ֨ן

   va-yit-TEN

   and he gave
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּתֵּ֨ן חִלְקִיָּ֧ה אֶת־הַסֵּ֛פֶר

   va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer

   and he gave Hilkiah {direct object marker} the book or scroll
3. clause🔊 וַיִּתֵּ֨ן חִלְקִיָּ֧ה אֶת־הַסֵּ֛פֶר אֶל־שָׁפָ֖ן וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃

   va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu

   and he gave Hilkiah {direct object marker} the book or scroll to Shaphan and he read it
4. sentence🔊 וַ֠יֹּאמֶר חִלְקִיָּ֜הוּ הַכֹּהֵ֤ן הַגָּדוֹל֙ עַל־שָׁפָ֣ן הַסֹּפֵ֔ר סֵ֧פֶר הַתּוֹרָ֛ה מָצָ֖אתִי בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּתֵּ֨ן חִלְקִיָּ֧ה אֶת־הַסֵּ֛פֶר אֶל־שָׁפָ֖ן וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃

   va-YO-mer khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL al-sha-FAN ha-so-FER SE-fer ha-to-RA ma-TSA-ti be-VET ye-ho-VAH va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu

   and he said Hilkiah the priest the great or the high to Shaphan the scribe a book or scroll the law or instruction I have found in the house of the LORD and he gave Hilkiah {direct object marker} the book or scroll to Shaphan and he read it

Exegesis

Verbs vayiten {וַיִּתֵּן | va-yit-ten} and vayikra’ehu {וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ | va-yik-rā-ʾê-hû} convey sequential actions, guiding the English into clear SVO order and splitting clauses for readability.