וַיַּ֨עַשׂ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּ֨עַשׂ

   va-ya-AS

   and he made
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֨עַשׂ שָׁ֤ם שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙

   va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON

   and he made there Samson
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֨עַשׂ שָׁ֤ם שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן יַעֲשׂ֖וּ הַבַּחוּרִֽים׃

   va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM

   and he made there Samson a feast for thus they do the young men
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֥רֶד אָבִ֖יהוּ אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיַּ֨עַשׂ שָׁ֤ם שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן יַעֲשׂ֖וּ הַבַּחוּרִֽים׃

   va-YE-red a-vi-HU el-ha-i-SHA va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM

   and he went down his father to the woman and he made there Samson a feast for thus they do the young men

Exegesis

The next vav-consecutive imperfect wayyaʿăś {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyaʿăś} 'and he made' introduces a new event, followed by the locative adverb šām {שָׁם | šām} 'there' and the topical proper noun šimshōn {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | šimshōn} 'Samson', which precedes its object mištéh {מִשְׁתֶּה | mištéh} 'feast' for emphasis.

Root and etymology

y-ʿ-sh🔊 י-ע-שׁyod–ayin–shin

“to do, to make”

• 🔊 עָשָׂהʿāśâhe didGenesis 1:3