וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן

   va-yish-KON

   and he dwelt
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן עָ֘רִ֤ים

   va-yish-KON A-rim

   and he dwelt cities
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ

   va-yish-KON A-rim ni-khe-KHA-dot ba-TIM lo-YE-she-vu LA-mo

   and he dwelt cities that were wiped out or destroyed houses not they dwelt in in them or for them
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃

   va-yish-KON A-rim ni-khe-KHA-dot ba-TIM lo-YE-she-vu LA-mo a-SHER hit-a-te-DU le-gal-LIM

   and he dwelt cities that were wiped out or destroyed houses not they dwelt in in them or for them which they were prepared for heaps

Exegesis

The verse opens with the fronted wayyišḵōn {וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן | wayyišḵōn} ‘and he dwells,’ placing the subject’s chosen habitation under the spotlight before any description of place.