וַיָּ֥עַף

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּ֥עַף

   va-YA-af

   and he grew weary
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּ֥עַף דָּוִֽד׃

   va-YA-af da-VID

   and he grew weary David
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֨רֶד דָּוִ֜ד וַעֲבָדָ֥יו עִמּ֛וֹ וַיִלָּחֲמ֥וּ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיָּ֥עַף דָּוִֽד׃

   va-YE-red da-VID va-a-va-DAV IM-mo va-yil-la-kha-MU et-pe-lish-TIM va-YA-af da-VID

   and he went down David and his servants with him and they fought the Philistines and he grew weary David
4. sentence🔊 וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד מִלְחָמָ֛ה לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֨רֶד דָּוִ֜ד וַעֲבָדָ֥יו עִמּ֛וֹ וַיִלָּחֲמ֥וּ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיָּ֥עַף דָּוִֽד׃

   va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA lap-pe-lish-TIM et-yis-ra-EL va-YE-red da-VID va-a-va-DAV IM-mo va-yil-la-kha-MU et-pe-lish-TIM va-YA-af da-VID

   and there was again war to the Philistines with Israel and he went down David and his servants with him and they fought the Philistines and he grew weary David

Exegesis

Finally, the vav-consecutive vaya‘af {וַיָּעַף | way-yā-ʿăp̄} ‘and he grew weary’ closes the verse, with its terminal position heightening the sense of exhaustion. English translations reflect the order of these clauses and preserve the emphatic narrative sequence of war, engagement, and fatigue.

Root and etymology

y-ʿ-p🔊 yod–ayin–pe

“to be weary”

• 🔊 עָיֵף‛ā-yēp̄tired oneDeuteronomy 25:18