וַיּוֹרֶד֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיּוֹרֶד֩

   va-yo-RED

   and he has caused to come down
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיּוֹרֶד֩ לָכֶ֨ם גֶּ֜שֶׁם

   va-yo-RED la-KHEM GE-shem

   and he has caused to come down for you rain
3. clause🔊 וַיּוֹרֶד֩ לָכֶ֨ם גֶּ֜שֶׁם מוֹרֶ֣ה וּמַלְק֗וֹשׁ בָּרִאשׁוֹן׃

   va-yo-RED la-KHEM GE-shem mo-RE u-mal-KOSH ba-ri-SHON

   and he has caused to come down for you rain early rain and latter rain as at first
4. sentence🔊 וּבְנֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן גִּֽילוּ֙ וְשִׂמְחוּ֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם כִּֽי־נָתַ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם אֶת־הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה לִצְדָקָ֑ה וַיּוֹרֶד֩ לָכֶ֨ם גֶּ֜שֶׁם מוֹרֶ֣ה וּמַלְק֗וֹשׁ בָּרִאשׁוֹן׃

   u-ve-NEI tsi-YON GI-lu ve-sim-KHU va-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem KI-NA-tan la-KHEM et-ha-MO-re lits-da-KA va-yo-RED la-KHEM GE-shem mo-RE u-mal-KOSH ba-ri-SHON

   and sons of Zion rejoice and be glad in the LORD your God for he has given to you the early rain for righteousness and he has caused to come down for you rain early rain and latter rain as at first

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive vayored {וַיּוֹרֶד | wa-yō-red} then transitions to the promise of rain; the meristic pairing of geshem {גֶּשֶׁם | ge-šêm} ‘rain’ and umalkosh {וּמַלְקוֹשׁ | u-mal-qōš} ‘latter rain’, along with the temporal particle barishon {בָּרִאשׁ֔וֹן | ba-rī-šôn} ‘as before’, intensifies the future blessing through parallelism. The English rendering preserves conjunctions, purpose clauses, and uses dash punctuation to reflect the cumulative promise.