וַיֹּ֤רֶשׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֤רֶשׁ

   va-yo-RESH

   and he drove out
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֤רֶשׁ מִשָּׁם֙

   va-yo-RESH mi-SHAM

   and he drove out from there
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֤רֶשׁ מִשָּׁם֙ כָּלֵ֔ב אֶת־שְׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י הָעֲנָ֑ק

   va-yo-RESH mi-SHAM ka-LEV ET-shlo-SHA be-NEI ha-a-NAK

   and he drove out from there Caleb the three sons of Anak
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤רֶשׁ מִשָּׁם֙ כָּלֵ֔ב אֶת־שְׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י הָעֲנָ֑ק אֶת־שֵׁשַׁ֤י וְאֶת־אֲחִימַן֙ וְאֶת־תַּלְמַ֔י יְלִידֵ֖י הָעֲנָֽק׃

   va-yo-RESH mi-SHAM ka-LEV ET-shlo-SHA be-NEI ha-a-NAK ET-she-SHAI ve-ET-a-KHI-man ve-ET-tal-MAI ye-li-DEI ha-a-NAK

   and he drove out from there Caleb the three sons of Anak Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai descendants of Anak

Exegesis

The clause opens with vayoresh {וַיֹּ֤רֶשׁ | wā-yō-reš} ‘and he dispossessed’, a vav-consecutive narrative verb that advances the conquest sequence with Caleb as the agent (named immediately after the locative phrase).

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 י־ר־שׁYod–Resh–Shin

“to dispossess, take possession”

• 🔊 יְרוּשָׁהyerushahpossession, inheritanceGenesis 15:7