וַיִּ֣פֶן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּ֣פֶן

   va-yi-FEN

   and he turned
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּ֣פֶן יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ

   va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu

   and he turned Josiah
3. clause🔊 וַיִּ֣פֶן יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ וַיַּ֨רְא אֶת־הַקְּבָרִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם֙ בָּהָ֔ר וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־הָֽעֲצָמוֹת֙ מִן־הַקְּבָרִ֔ים וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּ

   va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM ba-HAR va-yish-LAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT min-ha-ke-va-RIM va-yis-ROF al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ye-tam-ME-hu

   and he turned Josiah and he saw {direct object marker} the graves which were there on the mountain and he sent and he took {direct object marker} the bones from the graves and he burned on the altar and he made it unclean
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּ֣פֶן יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ וַיַּ֨רְא אֶת־הַקְּבָרִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם֙ בָּהָ֔ר וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־הָֽעֲצָמוֹת֙ מִן־הַקְּבָרִ֔ים וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּ כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר קָרָא֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרָ֔א אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

   va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM ba-HAR va-yish-LAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT min-ha-ke-va-RIM va-yis-ROF al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ye-tam-ME-hu kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ka-RA ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le

   and he turned Josiah and he saw {direct object marker} the graves which were there on the mountain and he sent and he took {direct object marker} the bones from the graves and he burned on the altar and he made it unclean according to the word of the LORD which proclaimed a man of God who proclaimed {direct object marker} the words these

Exegesis

The narrative relies on a chain of vav consecutive verbs characteristic of Hebrew narrative, seen in vayippen {וַיִּ֣פֶן | vayippen} ‘and he turned’ and vayetammehu {וַֽיְטַמְּאֵ֑הוּ | vayetammehu} ‘and he defiled it’.