וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

   va-yo-MER

   and he said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

   va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh

   and he said the king
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם יָצֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א גַם־אֲנִ֣י עִמָּכֶ֑ם׃

   va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh el-HA-am ya-TSO e-TSE gam-a-NI i-MA-khem

   and he said the king to the people going out I will go out also I with you {plural}
4. sentence🔊 וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח דָּוִ֜ד אֶת־הָעָ֗ם הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֤ית בְּיַד־יוֹאָב֙ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֣ית בְּיַ֣ד אֲבִישַׁ֗י בֶּן־צְרוּיָה֙ אֲחִ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֥ת בְּיַ֖ד אִתַּ֣י הַגִּתִּ֑י וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם יָצֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א גַם־אֲנִ֣י עִמָּכֶ֑ם׃

   va-ye-SHA-lakh da-VID et-HA-am ha-she-li-SHIT be-YAD-yo-AV ve-ha-she-li-SHIT be-YAD a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA a-KHI yo-AV ve-ha-she-LI-shet be-YAD i-TAI ha-gi-TI va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh el-HA-am ya-TSO e-TSE gam-a-NI i-MA-khem

   and he sent David {direct object marker} the people the third under the hand of Joab and the third under the hand of Abishai son of Zeruiah brother of Joab and the third {part of} under the hand of Ittai the Gittite and he said the king to the people going out I will go out also I with you {plural}

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} introduces the king’s speech, where the infinitive absolute yatzo etse {יָצוֹא אֵצֵא | yāṣōʾ ʾēṣēʾ} ‘going out I will go out’ reinforces his determination. The formal rendering employs “dividing” to reflect the Hebrew distributive action, while the dynamic version opts for “arranged” to convey natural grouping.