וַיִּלָּחֲמ֨וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּלָּחֲמ֨וּ

   va-yi-la-KHa-mu

   and fought
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּלָּחֲמ֨וּ עִם־לֶ֜שֶׁם

   va-yi-la-KHa-mu im-LE-shem

   and fought against Leshem
3. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲל֣וּ בְנֵֽי־דָ֠ן וַיִּלָּחֲמ֨וּ עִם־לֶ֜שֶׁם וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ אוֹתָ֣הּ וַיַּכּ֧וּ אוֹתָ֣הּ לְפִי־חֶ֗רֶב וַיִּֽרְשׁ֤וּ אוֹתָהּ֙ וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ לְלֶ֙שֶׁם֙ דָּ֔ן כְּשֵׁ֖ם דָּ֥ן אֲבִיהֶֽם׃

   va-ya-a-LU be-NEI-DAN va-yi-la-KHa-mu im-LE-shem va-yil-ke-DU o-TAH va-ya-KU o-TAH le-FI-KHE-rev va-yir-SHU o-TAH va-ye-SHVU VAH va-yik-RE-u le-LE-shem DAN ke-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM

   and went up the sons of Dan and fought against Leshem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and took possession it and dwelt in it and they called Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֥א גְבוּל־בְּנֵי־דָ֖ן מֵהֶ֑ם וַיַּעֲל֣וּ בְנֵֽי־דָ֠ן וַיִּלָּחֲמ֨וּ עִם־לֶ֜שֶׁם וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ אוֹתָ֣הּ וַיַּכּ֧וּ אוֹתָ֣הּ לְפִי־חֶ֗רֶב וַיִּֽרְשׁ֤וּ אוֹתָהּ֙ וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ לְלֶ֙שֶׁם֙ דָּ֔ן כְּשֵׁ֖ם דָּ֥ן אֲבִיהֶֽם׃

   va-ye-TSE gvuL-be-NEI-DAN mei-HEM va-ya-a-LU be-NEI-DAN va-yi-la-KHa-mu im-LE-shem va-yil-ke-DU o-TAH va-ya-KU o-TAH le-FI-KHE-rev va-yir-SHU o-TAH va-ye-SHVU VAH va-yik-RE-u le-LE-shem DAN ke-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM

   and went out the border of the sons of Dan from them and went up the sons of Dan and fought against Leshem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and took possession it and dwelt in it and they called Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father

Exegesis

The narrative is driven by sequential actions marked by the vav consecutive on Qal imperfect verbs (vayetze {וַיֵּצֵ֥א | wayyēṣēʾ} ‘and went out’, vayaʿalu {וַיַּעֲלוּ | wayyaʿălû} ‘and they went up’, vayillachamu {וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ | wayyil•laḥămû} ‘and they fought’).