וַיְהִי֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיְהִי֩

   va-ye-HI

   and it became
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְהִי֩ לְגֶ֨פֶן סֹרַ֜חַת

   va-ye-HI le-GE-fen so-ra-KHAT

   and it became into a vine spreading
3. clause🔊 וַיִּצְמַ֡ח וַיְהִי֩ לְגֶ֨פֶן סֹרַ֜חַת שִׁפְלַ֣ת קוֹמָ֗ה לִפְנ֤וֹת דָּלִיּוֹתָיו֙ אֵלָ֔יו וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו תַּחְתָּ֣יו יִֽהְי֑וּ

   va-yits-MAKH va-ye-HI le-GE-fen so-ra-KHAT shif-LAT ko-MA lif-NOT da-li-yo-TAV e-LAV ve-sha-ra-SHAV takh-TAV yih-YU

   and it sprouted and it became into a vine spreading low of stature to turn its branches toward him and its roots under him they were
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּצְמַ֡ח וַיְהִי֩ לְגֶ֨פֶן סֹרַ֜חַת שִׁפְלַ֣ת קוֹמָ֗ה לִפְנ֤וֹת דָּלִיּוֹתָיו֙ אֵלָ֔יו וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו תַּחְתָּ֣יו יִֽהְי֑וּ וַתְּהִ֣י לְגֶ֔פֶן וַתַּ֣עַשׂ בַּדִּ֔ים וַתְּשַׁלַּ֖ח פֹּארֽוֹת׃

   va-yits-MAKH va-ye-HI le-GE-fen so-ra-KHAT shif-LAT ko-MA lif-NOT da-li-yo-TAV e-LAV ve-sha-ra-SHAV takh-TAV yih-YU vat-te-HI le-GE-fen vat-ta-AS ba-DIM vat-te-shal-LAKH po-ROT

   and it sprouted and it became into a vine spreading low of stature to turn its branches toward him and its roots under him they were and it became into a vine and it made branches and it sent out boughs

Exegesis

The verse employs a sequence of wayyiqtol (vav consecutive) verbs vayyitzmach {וַיִּצְמַ֡ח | wayyits-maḥ} ‘and it sprouted,’ vayehi {וַיְהִי֩ | wayyehî} ‘and it became,’ and vata‘as {וַתַּעַשׂ | va-ta‘as} ‘and it produced’ to detail progressive development.