וְתָאַ֣ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְתָאַ֣ר

   ve-ta-AR

   and it turns
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְתָאַ֣ר מִצָּפ֗וֹן

   ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON

   and it turns to the north
3. clause🔊 וְתָאַ֣ר מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְיָצָא֙ עֵ֣ין שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְיָצָא֙ אֶל־גְּלִיל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֖כַח מַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֑ים

   ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON ve-ya-TSA EIN SHE-mesh ve-ya-TSA el-ge-lee-LOT a-SHER-NO-khakh ma-a-LEH a-du-MIM

   and it turns to the north and it goes out to the spring of Shemesh and it goes out to Geliloth which is opposite the ascent of Adummim
4. sentence🔊 וְתָאַ֣ר מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְיָצָא֙ עֵ֣ין שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְיָצָא֙ אֶל־גְּלִיל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֖כַח מַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וְיָרַ֕ד אֶ֥בֶן בֹּ֖הַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן׃

   ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON ve-ya-TSA EIN SHE-mesh ve-ya-TSA el-ge-lee-LOT a-SHER-NO-khakh ma-a-LEH a-du-MIM ve-ya-RAD E-ven BO-han ben-re-u-VEN

   and it turns to the north and it goes out to the spring of Shemesh and it goes out to Geliloth which is opposite the ascent of Adummim and it descends to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben

Exegesis

Vav-consecutive Qal imperfects—vetaʾar {וְתָאַ֣ר | wə-ṯā-ʾar} ‘and it turned’, veyatsa {וְיָצָא֙ | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’, and veyarad {וְיָרַ֕ד | wə-ya-raḏ} ‘and it went down’—create sequential motion.