וַיְמַלֵּ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיְמַלֵּ֥א

   va-ye-ma-LE

   and he filled
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְמַלֵּ֥א אֶת־מְקוֹמָ֖ם

   va-ye-ma-LE et-me-ko-MAM

   and he filled their place
3. clause🔊 וַיְמַלֵּ֥א אֶת־מְקוֹמָ֖ם עַצְמ֥וֹת אָדָֽם׃

   va-ye-ma-LE et-me-ko-MAM ats-MOT a-DAM

   and he filled their place bones of a human
4. sentence🔊 וְשִׁבַּר֙ אֶת־הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹת וַיִּכְרֹ֖ת אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים וַיְמַלֵּ֥א אֶת־מְקוֹמָ֖ם עַצְמ֥וֹת אָדָֽם׃

   ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mats-tse-VOT va-yik-ROT et-ha-a-she-RIM va-ye-ma-LE et-me-ko-MAM ats-MOT a-DAM

   and he broke the pillars and he cut down the Asherim and he filled their place bones of a human

Exegesis

The verse employs a vav-consecutive narrative chain with three sequential verbs: veshibbar {וְשִׁבַּר֙ | wə-šib-bār} ‘and he broke’, vayikrot {וַיִּכְרֹ֖ת | way-yik-rōt} ‘and he cut down’, and vayemalle {וַיְמַלֵּ֥א | way-ye-mal-lēʼ} ‘and he filled’, underscoring Josiah’s systematic removal of idolatrous installations.