וָיָ֑יִן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וָיָ֑יִן

   va-YA-yin

   and wine
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֶ֣חֶם וָיָ֑יִן

   LE-khem va-YA-yin

   bread and wine
3. clause🔊 וּמַלְכִּי־צֶ֙דֶק֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שָׁלֵ֔ם הוֹצִ֖יא לֶ֣חֶם וָיָ֑יִן

   u-mal-ki-TSE-dek ME-lekh sha-LEM ho-TSI LE-khem va-YA-yin

   and Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine
4. sentence🔊 וּמַלְכִּי־צֶ֙דֶק֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שָׁלֵ֔ם הוֹצִ֖יא לֶ֣חֶם וָיָ֑יִן וְה֥וּא כֹהֵ֖ן לְאֵ֥ל עֶלְיֽוֹן׃

   u-mal-ki-TSE-dek ME-lekh sha-LEM ho-TSI LE-khem va-YA-yin ve-HU kho-HEN le-EL el-YON

   and Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine and he priest of God Most High

Exegesis

The Hiphil perfect hotsi accompanied by the coordinated objects lechem vayayyin {הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן | hō-ṣîʾ le-ḥem wā-yā-yin} conveys a deliberate act of bringing out provisions of “bread and wine.”