וַיַּ֨רְא

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּ֨רְא

   va-yar-E

   and he saw
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֨רְא אֶפְרַ֜יִם

   va-yar-E e-fe-ra-YIM

   and he saw Ephraim
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֨רְא אֶפְרַ֜יִם אֶת־חָלְי֗וֹ וִֽיהוּדָה֙ אֶת־מְזֹר֔וֹ וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יָרֵ֑ב

   va-yar-E e-fe-ra-YIM et-kha-LYO vi-ye-hu-DA et-me-ZO-ro va-YE-lekh e-fe-ra-YIM el-a-SHUR va-yish-LAKH el-ME-lekh ya-REV

   and he saw Ephraim the sickness of him and Judah the wound of him and he went Ephraim to Assyria and he sent to a king of Jareb
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֨רְא אֶפְרַ֜יִם אֶת־חָלְי֗וֹ וִֽיהוּדָה֙ אֶת־מְזֹר֔וֹ וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יָרֵ֑ב וְה֗וּא לֹ֤א יוּכַל֙ לִרְפֹּ֣א לָכֶ֔ם וְלֹֽא־יִגְהֶ֥ה מִכֶּ֖ם מָזֽוֹר׃

   va-yar-E e-fe-ra-YIM et-kha-LYO vi-ye-hu-DA et-me-ZO-ro va-YE-lekh e-fe-ra-YIM el-a-SHUR va-yish-LAKH el-ME-lekh ya-REV ve-HU LO yu-KHAL lir-pe-O la-KHEM ve-lo-yig-HE mi-KEM ma-ZOR

   and he saw Ephraim the sickness of him and Judah the wound of him and he went Ephraim to Assyria and he sent to a king of Jareb and he not he is able to heal for you and not will he heal from you a wound

Exegesis

The verse advances through a chain of wayyiqtol verbs that narrate escalating response: vayar {וַיַּ֨רְא | wayyāʾar} ‘and he saw’ introduces perception, followed by vayelekh {וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ and vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he sent’ expressing diplomatic action.