וַיַּסֵּ֥ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּסֵּ֥ב

   va-yas-SEV

   and he turned or changed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּסֵּ֥ב אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ

   va-yas-SEV et-she-MO

   and he turned or changed {direct object} his name
3. clause🔊 וַיַּמְלֵךְ֩ פַּרְעֹ֨ה נְכֹ֜ה אֶת־אֶלְיָקִ֣ים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ תַּ֚חַת יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ אָבִ֔יו וַיַּסֵּ֥ב אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ יְהוֹיָקִ֑ים

   va-yam-LEKH par-O ne-KHO et-el-ya-KIM ben-yo-shi-YA-hu TA-khat yo-shi-YA-hu a-VIV va-yas-SEV et-she-MO ye-ho-ya-KIM

   and he made king Pharaoh Neco {direct object} Eliakim son of Josiah in place of Josiah his father and he turned or changed {direct object} his name Jehoiakim
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּמְלֵךְ֩ פַּרְעֹ֨ה נְכֹ֜ה אֶת־אֶלְיָקִ֣ים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ תַּ֚חַת יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ אָבִ֔יו וַיַּסֵּ֥ב אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ יְהוֹיָקִ֑ים וְאֶת־יְהוֹאָחָ֣ז לָקָ֔ח וַיָּבֹ֥א מִצְרַ֖יִם וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃

   va-yam-LEKH par-O ne-KHO et-el-ya-KIM ben-yo-shi-YA-hu TA-khat yo-shi-YA-hu a-VIV va-yas-SEV et-she-MO ye-ho-ya-KIM ve-et-ye-ho-a-KHAZ la-KAKH va-ya-VO mits-ra-YIM va-ya-MAT SHAM

   and he made king Pharaoh Neco {direct object} Eliakim son of Josiah in place of Josiah his father and he turned or changed {direct object} his name Jehoiakim and {direct object} Jehoahaz he took and he came Egypt and he died there

Exegesis

The verb vayyashev {וַיַּסֵּ֥ב | wa-yaś-śēḇ} ‘and he turned’ functions as a renaming device, reflecting royal practice.