אֹתֽוֹ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֹתֽוֹ׃

   o-TO

   him
2. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙ לִקְרָאת֔וֹ וַיְמִיתֵ֙הוּ֙ בִּמְגִדּ֔וֹ כִּרְאֹת֖וֹ אֹתֽוֹ׃

   va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-ye-mi-TE-hu bim-gid-DO kir-o-TO o-TO

   and went the king Josiah to meet him and he put him to death at Megiddo when he saw him him
3. sentence🔊 בְּיָמָ֡יו עָלָה֩ פַרְעֹ֨ה נְכֹ֧ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֛יִם עַל־מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר עַל־נְהַר־פְּרָ֑ת וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙ לִקְרָאת֔וֹ וַיְמִיתֵ֙הוּ֙ בִּמְגִדּ֔וֹ כִּרְאֹת֖וֹ אֹתֽוֹ׃

   be-ya-MAV a-LA par-E ne-KHO ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM al-ME-lekh a-SHUR al-ne-HAR-pe-RAT va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-ye-mi-TE-hu bim-gid-DO kir-o-TO o-TO

   in his days went up Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates and went the king Josiah to meet him and he put him to death at Megiddo when he saw him him

Exegesis

The narrative then uses the vav-consecutive vayelekh {וַיֵּלֶךְ | vay-yē-lekh} ‘and he went’ with the infinitive construct liqra’ō {לִקְרָאתוֹ | li-qra’-ō} ‘to meet him’, indicating intent.

The action continues with the vav-consecutive vaymīthehu {וַיְמִיתֵהוּ | vay-mī-thē-hu} ‘and he killed him’, clarifying Neco’s agency, followed by the temporal infinitive kir’ōtô {כִּרְאֹת֖וֹ | kir-ʾō-tô} ‘when he saw him’ and the locative bimgiddo {בִּמְגִדּוֹ | bim-gi-dō} ‘at Megiddo’, anchoring the decisive moment. The chain of vav-consecutive constructions conveys urgency and finality.