וַתִּפֹּֽל׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתִּפֹּֽל׃

   va-ti-POL

   and it fell
2. clause🔊 וְיוֹאָ֞ב חָג֣וּר מִדּ֣וֹ לְבֻשׁ֗וּ וְעָלָ֞ו חֲג֥וֹר חֶ֙רֶב֙ מְצֻמֶּ֤דֶת עַל־מָתְנָיו֙ בְּתַעְרָ֔הּ וְה֥וּא יָצָ֖א וַתִּפֹּֽל׃

   ve-yo-AV kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU ve-a-LAV kha-GOR KHE-rev me-tsu-me-DET al-mat-NAI-v be-ta-ra ve-HU ya-TSA va-ti-POL

   and Joab girded with his garment that he wore and upon him a belt of a sword fastened upon his waist in its sheath and he went out and it fell
3. sentence🔊 הֵ֗ם עִם־הָאֶ֤בֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּגִבְע֔וֹן וַעֲמָשָׂ֖א בָּ֣א לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם וְיוֹאָ֞ב חָג֣וּר מִדּ֣וֹ לְבֻשׁ֗וּ וְעָלָ֞ו חֲג֥וֹר חֶ֙רֶב֙ מְצֻמֶּ֤דֶת עַל־מָתְנָיו֙ בְּתַעְרָ֔הּ וְה֥וּא יָצָ֖א וַתִּפֹּֽל׃

   HEM im-ha-E-ven ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER be-giv-ON va-a-ma-SA BA lif-ne-HEM ve-yo-AV kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU ve-a-LAV kha-GOR KHE-rev me-tsu-me-DET al-mat-NAI-v be-ta-ra ve-HU ya-TSA va-ti-POL

   they with the stone the great which in Gibeon and Amasa came before them and Joab girded with his garment that he wore and upon him a belt of a sword fastened upon his waist in its sheath and he went out and it fell

Exegesis

The final clause wə-hūʾ yāṣāʾ va-tiṕōl {וְהוּא יָצָא וַתִּפֹּל | wə-hūʾ yāṣāʾ va-tiṕōl} uses a vav-consecutive imperfect to mark sequence, with the feminine verb tiṕōl referring to the sword, emphasizing the narrative’s sequential buildup and the ensuing mishap.