וַיִלָּחֲמ֥וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִלָּחֲמ֥וּ

   va-yil-la-kha-MU

   and they fought
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִלָּחֲמ֥וּ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים

   va-yil-la-kha-MU et-pe-lish-TIM

   and they fought the Philistines
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

The plural imperfect vayillachamu {וַיִלָּחֲמוּ | vay-il-lā-ḥă-mû} ‘and they fought’ underscores collective action.