וַיַּ֤עַל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּ֤עַל

   va-YA-al

   and he brought up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֤עַל מִשָּׁם֙

   va-YA-al mi-SHAM

   and he brought up from there
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֤עַל מִשָּׁם֙ אֶת־עַצְמ֣וֹת שָׁא֔וּל וְאֶת־עַצְמ֖וֹת יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֑וֹ

   va-YA-al mi-SHAM et-a-tsmo-T sha-UL ve-et-a-tsmo-T ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO

   and he brought up from there {direct object marker} bones of Saul and {direct object marker} bones of Jonathan his son
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֤עַל מִשָּׁם֙ אֶת־עַצְמ֣וֹת שָׁא֔וּל וְאֶת־עַצְמ֖וֹת יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֑וֹ וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ אֶת־עַצְמ֖וֹת הַמּוּקָעִֽים׃

   va-YA-al mi-SHAM et-a-tsmo-T sha-UL ve-et-a-tsmo-T ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO va-ya-as-FU et-a-tsmo-T ha-mu-ka-IM

   and he brought up from there {direct object marker} bones of Saul and {direct object marker} bones of Jonathan his son and they gathered {direct object marker} bones of the ones who were impaled or hanged

Exegesis

The verb vayya‘al {וַיַּ֤עַל | va-yya-ʻal} with vav consecutive introduces a sequential narrative action, signaling David’s retrieval of ancestral remains.