וַיִּקְרָ֨א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֨א

   va-yik-RA

   and he called
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְשָׁל֤וֹם אֵלָיו֙

   va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV

   and he called Absalom to him
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֡י כָּל־הָאִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִיב֩ לָב֨וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְשָׁל֤וֹם אֵלָיו֙ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֥ה עִיר֙ אַ֔תָּה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מֵאַחַ֥ד שִׁבְטֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

   va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha

   and it happened every the man or any man who would have a dispute for him to come to the king for the judgment and he called Absalom to him and he said from where city you and he said from one the tribes of Israel your servant
4. sentence🔊 וְהִשְׁכִּים֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם וְעָמַ֕ד עַל־יַ֖ד דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיְהִ֡י כָּל־הָאִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִיב֩ לָב֨וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְשָׁל֤וֹם אֵלָיו֙ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֥ה עִיר֙ אַ֔תָּה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מֵאַחַ֥ד שִׁבְטֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

   ve-hish-KIM av-sha-LOM ve-a-MAD al-YAD DE-rekh ha-SHA-ar va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha

   and he rose early Absalom and stood beside the way the gate and it happened every the man or any man who would have a dispute for him to come to the king for the judgment and he called Absalom to him and he said from where city you and he said from one the tribes of Israel your servant

Exegesis

Dialogue is marked by sequential verbs vayikra {וַיִּקְרָ֨א | wayyiqrāʾ} ‘and he called’ and vayomer {וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said,’ indicating routine speech acts. In English, vav-consecutive verbs are rendered with “and” plus simple past, and habitual actions with “would” to reflect the repetitive nature of the events.