וַיִּפְּל֥וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּפְּל֥וּ

   va-yip-LU

   and they fell
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּפְּל֥וּ שבעתים שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם

   va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM

   and they fell seven times the seven of them
3. clause🔊 וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞ם בְּיַ֣ד הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים וַיֹּקִיעֻ֤ם בָּהָר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְּל֥וּ שבעתים שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם יָ֑חַד

   va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad

   and he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites and they impaled them on the mountain before the LORD and they fell seven times the seven of them together
4. sentence🔊 וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞ם בְּיַ֣ד הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים וַיֹּקִיעֻ֤ם בָּהָר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְּל֥וּ שבעתים שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם יָ֑חַד והם וְהֵ֨מָּה הֻמְת֜וּ בִּימֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ בָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים תחלת בִת‪ְחִלַּ֖ת קְצִ֥יר שְׂעֹרִֽים׃

   va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad ve-hem ve-HE-ma hum-TE bi-ME ka-TSIR ba-ri-sho-NIM te-khe-let vit-he-khil-LAT ke-TSIR se-o-RIM

   and he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites and they impaled them on the mountain before the LORD and they fell seven times the seven of them together and they and they were put to death in the days of harvest in the first ones or first days beginning of in the beginning of harvest of barleys

Exegesis

The clause vayyippəlu šə-ḇaʿ-tām yāḥaḏ {וַיִּפְּלוּ שְׁבַעְתָּם יָחַד | va-yip-pə-lū šə-ḇaʿ-tām yā-ḥaḏ} ‘and the seven fell together’ uses an imperfect verb plus adverb to signal simultaneous action.