וּבָקָ֗ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבָקָ֗ר

   u-va-KAR

   and cattle
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 צֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֗ר

   TSON u-va-KAR

   sheep and cattle
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ צֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֗ר וַעֲבָדִים֙ וּשְׁפָחֹ֔ת וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם

   va-yik-KAKH a-vi-ME-lekh TSON u-va-KAR va-a-va-DIM u-she-fa-KHOT va-yit-TEN le-av-ra-HAM

   Abimelech {And He} took sheep and cattle and male servants and female servants {And} he gave to Abraham
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ צֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֗ר וַעֲבָדִים֙ וּשְׁפָחֹ֔ת וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיָּ֣שֶׁב ל֔וֹ אֵ֖ת שָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

   va-yik-KAKH a-vi-ME-lekh TSON u-va-KAR va-a-va-DIM u-she-fa-KHOT va-yit-TEN le-av-ra-HAM va-YA-shev LO ET sa-RA ish-TO

   Abimelech {And He} took sheep and cattle and male servants and female servants {And} he gave to Abraham {And} he restored Sarah his wife to him

Exegesis

The prefixed vav-chain introduces a list of possessions: tson {צֹאן | ṣōʾn} “flock,” bakar {בָקָר | ḇā-qār} “cattle,” avadim {עֲבָדִים | ʿă-ḇā-dîm} “servants,” shefachot {שְׁפָחֹת | šə-fā-ḥōṯ} “maidservants.” The indirect object marker lə-ʾaḇ-rā-hām “to Abraham” identifies the beneficiary. In the final clause, the particle ʾēt “direct object marker” introduces Sarah ishto “Sarah his wife” as the specific item restored. English renders the Hebrew verb-first structure into a clear subject-verb-object order while preserving the movement from material gifts to marital restitution.