וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ

   va-ya-VO-u

   and they came
2. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיָּצֻ֣רוּ עָלָ֗יו בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙ בֵּ֣ית הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ סֹֽלְלָה֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּחֵ֑ל

   va-ya-VO-u va-ya-TSU-ru a-LAV be-a-VE-la BET ham-ma-a-KHA va-yish-pe-KHU so-le-LA el-ha-IR va-ta-a-MOD ba-KHEL

   and they came and they besieged against him in Abel house of the Maacah and they poured out or cast up a siege-mound or ramp to the city and it stood against the rampart or within the outer wall
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיָּצֻ֣רוּ עָלָ֗יו בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙ בֵּ֣ית הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ סֹֽלְלָה֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּחֵ֑ל וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶת־יוֹאָ֔ב מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ם לְהַפִּ֥יל הַחוֹמָֽה׃

   va-ya-VO-u va-ya-TSU-ru a-LAV be-a-VE-la BET ham-ma-a-KHA va-yish-pe-KHU so-le-LA el-ha-IR va-ta-a-MOD ba-KHEL ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER et-yo-AV mash-khi-TIM le-ha-PIL ha-kho-MA

   and they came and they besieged against him in Abel house of the Maacah and they poured out or cast up a siege-mound or ramp to the city and it stood against the rampart or within the outer wall and all the people who or which {direct object marker} Joab were destroying them or were ruining them to make fall or to bring down the wall

Exegesis

The narrative utilizes a series of wayyiqtol verbs (vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | va-ya-vo-ʾu} “and they came,” vayatztzuru {וַיָּצֻרוּ | va-ya-tsu-ru} “and they besieged,” vayishpeku {וַיִּשְׁפְּכוּ | va-yish-pe-khu} “and they poured,” vata’amod {וַתַּעֲמֹד | va-ta-ʿa-mod} “and it stood”) to convey rapid sequential action.