וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ

   va-ye-khe-LASH

   and is weakened or laid low
2. clause🔊 וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ

   ve-GE-ver ya-MUT va-ye-khe-LASH

   and a man dies and is weakened or laid low
3. sentence🔊 וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

   ve-GE-ver ya-MUT va-ye-khe-LASH va-yig-VA a-DAM ve-AI-yo

   and a man dies and is weakened or laid low and expires or breathes out a human and where is he

Exegesis

This is followed by a tight sequence of wayyiqtol forms, vayyechelash {וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ | way-yə-ḥĕ-lāš} and vayigva {וַיִּגְוַ֖ע | way-yig-waʿ}, which portray death as a process: collapse into weakness and then the final cessation of life.