וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙

   va-ya-a-SE-HU

   and he made it
2. clause🔊 וְשָׁ֗ב וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּלִ֣י אַחֵ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃

   ve-SHAV va-ya-a-SE-HU ke-LI a-KHER ka-a-SHER ya-SHAR be-E-ne ha-yo-TSER la-a-SOT

   and he turned back or returned and he made it a vessel or article another as was right or was fitting in the eyes of the potter or the one forming to do or to make
3. sentence🔊 וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת הַכְּלִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה בַּחֹ֖מֶר בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֗ב וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּלִ֣י אַחֵ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃

   ve-nish-KHAT ha-ke-LI a-SHER HU O-se ba-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER ve-SHAV va-ya-a-SE-HU ke-LI a-KHER ka-a-SHER ya-SHAR be-E-ne ha-yo-TSER la-a-SOT

   and it was spoiled or ruined the vessel or article which he is making or doing in the clay in the hand of the potter or the one forming and he turned back or returned and he made it a vessel or article another as was right or was fitting in the eyes of the potter or the one forming to do or to make

Exegesis

The conjunction wayyiqtol in wa-ya-ʿă-seh-hū {וַיַּעֲשֵׂ֙ה֙וּ | wa-ya-ʿă-seh-hū} marks a deliberate corrective action, linking to the comparative clause ka-ʾă-šer yā-šar {כַּאֲשֶׁר יָשַׁר | ka-ʾă-šer yā-šar} ‘as seemed right’, which, modified by bə-ʿê-nê ha-yotser {בְּעֵינֵי הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר | bə-ʿê-nê hay-yō-ṣēr} ‘in the eyes of the potter’, highlights the artisan’s judgment in reshaping the clay into its new form.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ע־שׂ־הayin–shin–he

“to do”

• 🔊 יָעַשׂyaʿashe didExodus 20:9