וַיַּכֵּ֥ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּכֵּ֥ם

   va-ya-KEM

   Moses defeated them
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּכֵּ֥ם מֹשֶׁ֖ה

   va-ya-KEM mo-SHEH

   Moses defeated them Moses
3. clause🔊 ה֤וּא נִשְׁאַר֙ מִיֶּ֣תֶר הָרְפָאִ֔ים וַיַּכֵּ֥ם מֹשֶׁ֖ה וַיֹּרִשֵֽׁם׃

   HU nish-AR mi-ye-TER ha-re-fa-IM va-ya-KEM mo-SHEH va-yo-ri-SHEM

   he remained of the remnant of the Rephaim Moses defeated them Moses and drove them out
4. sentence🔊 כָּל־מַמְלְכ֥וּת עוֹג֙ בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן אֲשֶׁר־מָלַ֥ךְ בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת וּבְאֶדְרֶ֑עִי ה֤וּא נִשְׁאַר֙ מִיֶּ֣תֶר הָרְפָאִ֔ים וַיַּכֵּ֥ם מֹשֶׁ֖ה וַיֹּרִשֵֽׁם׃

   kol-mam-le-KUT OG ba-ba-SHAN a-SHER-ma-LAKH be-ash-tar-OT u-ve-ed-re-I HU nish-AR mi-ye-TER ha-re-fa-IM va-ya-KEM mo-SHEH va-yo-ri-SHEM

   all the kingdom of Og in Bashan who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei he remained of the remnant of the Rephaim Moses defeated them Moses and drove them out

Exegesis

The narrative then shifts with the vav-consecutive verbs vayyakem {וַיַּכֵּ֥ם | way-ya-kēm} ‘and he struck them’ and vayyiroshem {וַיֹּרִשֵֽׁם | way-yi-rē-šēm} ‘and he dispossessed them,’ with Mosheh {מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mō-šēh} ‘Moses’ as the agent. The construct chains and vav-consecutive forms drive the historical sequence and highlight both Og’s isolation and Moses’ decisive victory.