וַיָּ֥שֶׁב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֥שֶׁב

   va-ya-SHEV

   and he brought back
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֥שֶׁב אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

   va-ya-SHEV et-ha-ME-lekh

   and he brought back {direct object marker} the king
3. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֞א שָׁפָ֤ן הַסֹּפֵר֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיָּ֥שֶׁב אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דָּבָ֑ר

   va-ya-VO sha-FAN ha-so-FER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ya-SHEV et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR

   and he came Shaphan the scribe to the king and he brought back {direct object marker} the king a word or a matter
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֞א שָׁפָ֤ן הַסֹּפֵר֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיָּ֥שֶׁב אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דָּבָ֑ר וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִתִּ֤יכוּ עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ הַנִּמְצָ֣א בַבַּ֔יִת וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֗הוּ עַל־יַד֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

   va-ya-VO sha-FAN ha-so-FER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ya-SHEV et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR va-yo-MER hi-TI-khu a-va-DE-kha et-ha-KE-sef ha-nim-TSA ba-BA-yit va-yit-ne-HU al-YAD o-SE ha-me-la-KHA ha-muf-ka-DIM BET Ye-ho-VAH

   and he came Shaphan the scribe to the king and he brought back {direct object marker} the king a word or a matter and he said they poured out your servants {direct object marker} the silver or the money the one found in the house and they gave it into the hand of doers of the work the ones appointed house of the LORD

Exegesis

The verb vayyashev {וַיָּשֶׁב | wayyāšēḇ} ‘and he reported’ (from šûḇ ‘return, bring back’) employs a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect to convey communication to the king, marked by the direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet}.