וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב

   va-ye-SHEV

   {And} he sat
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב עָלֶ֑יהָ

   va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha

   {And} he sat on it
3. clause🔊 וִידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ כְּבֵדִ֔ים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ תַחְתָּ֖יו וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב עָלֶ֑יהָ

   vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha

   and the hands of Moses were heavy {And} they took a stone {And} they put under him {And} he sat on it
4. sentence🔊 וִידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ כְּבֵדִ֔ים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ תַחְתָּ֖יו וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב עָלֶ֑יהָ וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן וְח֜וּר תָּֽמְכ֣וּ בְיָדָ֗יו מִזֶּ֤ה אֶחָד֙ וּמִזֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י יָדָ֛יו אֱמוּנָ֖ה עַד־בֹּ֥א הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

   vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha ve-a-ha-RON ve-KHUR ta-me-KHOO ve-ya-DAV mi-ZEH e-KHAD oo-mi-ZEH e-KHAD va-ye-HI ya-DAV e-moo-NA ad-BO ha-SHA-mesh

   and the hands of Moses were heavy {And} they took a stone {And} they put under him {And} he sat on it and Aaron and Hur held up his hands on this side one and on the other side one {And} were his hands steady until the setting of the sun

Exegesis

A sequence of wayyiqtol verbs—vayikchu {וַיִּקְחוּ | way-yiq-ḥû} ‘took,’ vayasimu {וַיָּשִׂימוּ | way-yā-śî-mû} ‘placed,’ and vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | way-yê-šeḇ} ‘sat’—drives the narrative momentum.