דָוִ֖ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דָוִ֖ד

   da-VID

   David
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י דָוִ֖ד

   ve-khol-an-SHE da-VID

   and all the men of David
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ מַדּ֨וּעַ גְּנָב֤וּךָ אַחֵ֨ינוּ אִֽישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיַּעֲבִ֖רוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְאֶת־בֵּית֙וֹ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י דָוִ֖ד עִמּֽוֹ׃

   va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-VI-ru et-ha-ME-lekh ve-et-BE-to et-ha-yar-DEN ve-khol-an-SHE da-VID im-MO

   and they said to the king why have they stolen you our brothers man or men of Judah and they brought across {direct object} the king and {direct object} his house or household {direct object} the Jordan and all the men of David with him
4. sentence🔊 וְהִנֵּ֣ה כָּל־אִ֗ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּאִ֣ים אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ מַדּ֨וּעַ גְּנָב֤וּךָ אַחֵ֨ינוּ אִֽישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיַּעֲבִ֖רוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְאֶת־בֵּית֙וֹ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י דָוִ֖ד עִמּֽוֹ׃

   ve-hin-NE KOL-Ish yis-ra-EL ba-IM el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-ME-ru el-ha-ME-lekh mad-DU-a ge-na-VU-kha a-KHE-nu ISH ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-VI-ru et-ha-ME-lekh ve-et-BE-to et-ha-yar-DEN ve-khol-an-SHE da-VID im-MO

   and behold all man or every man of Israel coming to the king and they said to the king why have they stolen you our brothers man or men of Judah and they brought across {direct object} the king and {direct object} his house or household {direct object} the Jordan and all the men of David with him

Exegesis

The hifʿil imperfect vayyaaviru {וַיַּעֲבִרוּ | vay-ya-ʿa-bî-rû} ‘and they brought across’ with successive direct object markers et-hamelekh {אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʾet-hā-me-leḵ} ‘the king’, ve-et-beito {וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ | wə-ʾet-bey-tô} ‘his household’, et-hayarden {אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן | ʾet-hā-yar-ḏēn} ‘the Jordan’, and ve-kol-anshei david immo {וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁי דָוִד עִמּוֹ | wə-kol-an-šê dā-wîḏ ʿim-mô} ‘and all the men of David with him’ forms a paratactic list of the parties being transferred, underscoring the comprehensive relocation.