וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק

   va-ye-kha-NAK

   and he strangled himself or hanged himself
2. clause🔊 וַאֲחִיתֹ֣פֶל רָאָ֗ה כִּ֣י לֹ֣א נֶעֶשְׂתָה֮ עֲצָתוֹ֒ וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁ אֶֽת־הַחֲמ֗וֹר וַיָּ֜קָם וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אֶל־עִיר֔וֹ וַיְצַ֥ו אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק

   va-a-khi-TO-fel ra-A KI LO ne-e-se-TA a-tsa-TO va-ya-kha-VOSH ET-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH el-be-TO el-i-RO va-ye-TSAV el-be-TO va-ye-kha-NAK

   and Ahithophel saw that not was done or was carried out his counsel and he saddled the donkey and he arose and he went to his house to his city and he commanded or gave orders to his house and he strangled himself or hanged himself
3. sentence🔊 וַאֲחִיתֹ֣פֶל רָאָ֗ה כִּ֣י לֹ֣א נֶעֶשְׂתָה֮ עֲצָתוֹ֒ וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁ אֶֽת־הַחֲמ֗וֹר וַיָּ֜קָם וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אֶל־עִיר֔וֹ וַיְצַ֥ו אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק וַיָּ֕מָת וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּקֶ֥בֶר אָבִֽיו׃

   va-a-khi-TO-fel ra-A KI LO ne-e-se-TA a-tsa-TO va-ya-kha-VOSH ET-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH el-be-TO el-i-RO va-ye-TSAV el-be-TO va-ye-kha-NAK va-ya-MAT va-yik-ka-VER be-KE-ver a-VIV

   and Ahithophel saw that not was done or was carried out his counsel and he saddled the donkey and he arose and he went to his house to his city and he commanded or gave orders to his house and he strangled himself or hanged himself and he died and he was buried in the grave of his father

Exegesis

The reflexive passive vayechanak {וַיֵּחָנַ֑ק | way·yə·ḥā·naq} indicates suicide by hanging, and the passive vayikkaber {וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר | way·yi·qā·ḇer} depicts burial in bekeber aviv {בְּקֶ֥בֶר אָבִֽיו | bə·qé·ber ’ā·vî·w}, underscoring familial continuity. The English translation maintains the narrative’s sequence and intensity.