וַיֵּ֥רֶד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּ֥רֶד

   va-YE-red

   and he went down
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֵּ֥רֶד אֵלָ֖יו

   va-YE-red e-LAV

   and he went down to him
3. clause🔊 וְהוּא־הִכָּה֩ אֶת־אִ֨ישׁ מִצְרִ֜י אשר אִ֣ישׁ מַרְאֶ֗ה וּבְיַ֤ד הַמִּצְרִי֙ חֲנִ֔ית וַיֵּ֥רֶד אֵלָ֖יו בַּשָּׁ֑בֶט

   ve-HU-hi-KA et-ISH mits-RI a-SHER ISH mar-E u-ve-YAD ha-mits-RI kha-NIT va-YE-red e-LAV ba-sha-VET

   and he struck {direct object marker} a man an Egyptian who or which a man of appearance and in {the} hand of the Egyptian a spear and he went down to him with the staff
4. sentence🔊 וְהוּא־הִכָּה֩ אֶת־אִ֨ישׁ מִצְרִ֜י אשר אִ֣ישׁ מַרְאֶ֗ה וּבְיַ֤ד הַמִּצְרִי֙ חֲנִ֔ית וַיֵּ֥רֶד אֵלָ֖יו בַּשָּׁ֑בֶט וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית֙ מִיַּ֣ד הַמִּצְרִ֔י וַיַּהַרְגֵ֖הוּ בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃

   ve-HU-hi-KA et-ISH mits-RI a-SHER ISH mar-E u-ve-YAD ha-mits-RI kha-NIT va-YE-red e-LAV ba-sha-VET va-yig-ZOL et-ha-kha-NIT mi-YAD ha-mits-RI va-ya-har-GE-hu ba-kha-ni-TO

   and he struck {direct object marker} a man an Egyptian who or which a man of appearance and in {the} hand of the Egyptian a spear and he went down to him with the staff and he seized {direct object marker} the spear from {the} hand of the Egyptian and he killed him with his spear

Exegesis

A series of vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verbs (vayyēred {וַיֵּרֶד}, vayyigzol {וַיִּגְזֹל}, vayyaharġēhu {וַיַּהַרְגֵהוּ}) propel the action from confrontation to victory, with each verb marked for third person masculine singular.

Root and etymology

y-r-d🔊 Yod–Resh–Dalet

“to go down”

• 🔊 יְרִידָהyĕrîḏāhdescentPsalm 42:7