וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ

   va-ya-SO-lu

   and they heap up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם

   va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM

   and they heap up against me their way
3. clause🔊 יַ֤חַד יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ גְדוּדָ֗יו וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם

   YA-khad ya-VO-u ge-du-DAI-v va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM

   together they come his troops and they heap up against me their way
4. sentence🔊 יַ֤חַד יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ גְדוּדָ֗יו וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ סָבִ֣יב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃

   YA-khad ya-VO-u ge-du-DAI-v va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM va-ya-kha-NU sa-VIV le-a-ho-LI

   together they come his troops and they heap up against me their way and they encamp around to my tent

Exegesis

The successive wayyiqtol forms vayasollu {וַיָּסֹלּוּ | wayyāsōllû} ‘they heap up’ and vayachanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | wayyaḥănû} ‘they encamp’ create a rapid narrative sequence typical of Hebrew poetry.