וָאַ֨ט

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וָאַ֨ט

   va-AT

   so I stretched out
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וָאַ֨ט אֶת־יָדִ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙

   va-AT et-ya-DI a-LA-yikh

   so I stretched out {direct object} my hand against you {feminine singular}
3. clause🔊 וָאַ֨ט אֶת־יָדִ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ וָֽאַשְׁחִיתֵ֔ךְ נִלְאֵ֖יתִי הִנָּחֵֽם׃

   va-AT et-ya-DI a-LA-yikh va-ash-khi-TEKH nil-e-TI hin-na-KHEM

   so I stretched out {direct object} my hand against you {feminine singular} and I destroyed you {feminine singular} I am weary of relenting
4. sentence🔊 אַ֣תְּ נָטַ֥שְׁתְּ אֹתִ֛י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה אָח֣וֹר תֵּלֵ֑כִי וָאַ֨ט אֶת־יָדִ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ וָֽאַשְׁחִיתֵ֔ךְ נִלְאֵ֖יתִי הִנָּחֵֽם׃

   AT na-TASH-te o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH a-KHOR te-le-KHI va-AT et-ya-DI a-LA-yikh va-ash-khi-TEKH nil-e-TI hin-na-KHEM

   you {feminine singular} you abandoned me declaration of the LORD backward you go {feminine singular} so I stretched out {direct object} my hand against you {feminine singular} and I destroyed you {feminine singular} I am weary of relenting

Exegesis

The sequential conjunction in vaʼat {וָאַט | wāʼaṭ} ‘and I will stretch out’ connects with et-yadi {אֶת־יָדִי | ʼet-yādî} alayikh {עָלַיִךְ | ʿălayəḵ} ‘my hand over you,’ followed by vaʼashkhiteḳ {וָאַשְׁחִיתֵךְ | wāʼaš·ḥî·ṯēḵ} ‘and I will destroy you,’ stressing divine action.