וַיַּ֥ךְ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּ֥ךְ

   va-YAKH

   and he struck
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֥ךְ מֵהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ

   va-YAKH me-HEM she-lo-SHIM ISH

   and he struck from them thirty man
3. clause🔊 וַתִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַיֵּ֨רֶד אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן וַיַּ֥ךְ מֵהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־חֲלִ֣יצוֹתָ֔ם וַיִּתֵּן֙ הַחֲלִיפ֔וֹת לְמַגִּידֵ֖י הַחִידָ֑ה

   va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-red ash-ke-LON va-YAKH me-HEM she-lo-SHIM ISH va-yik-KAKH et-kha-li-tso-TAM va-yit-TEN ha-kha-li-FOT le-ma-gi-DE ha-khi-DA

   and rushed upon him spirit LORD and he went down to Ashkelon and he struck from them thirty man and he took the garments of them and he gave the changes of garments to the tellers of the riddle
4. sentence🔊 וַתִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַיֵּ֨רֶד אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן וַיַּ֥ךְ מֵהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־חֲלִ֣יצוֹתָ֔ם וַיִּתֵּן֙ הַחֲלִיפ֔וֹת לְמַגִּידֵ֖י הַחִידָ֑ה וַיִּ֣חַר אַפּ֔וֹ וַיַּ֖עַל בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽיהוּ׃

   va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-red ash-ke-LON va-YAKH me-HEM she-lo-SHIM ISH va-yik-KAKH et-kha-li-tso-TAM va-yit-TEN ha-kha-li-FOT le-ma-gi-DE ha-khi-DA va-yi-KHAR A-po va-ya-AL BET a-VI-hu

   and rushed upon him spirit LORD and he went down to Ashkelon and he struck from them thirty man and he took the garments of them and he gave the changes of garments to the tellers of the riddle and he burned with anger his nose or his anger and he went up house of his father

Exegesis

The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vatitslach {וַתִּצְלַ֨ח | vatitṣlāḥ} “and she prospered,” vayered {וַיֵּ֨רֶד | wayyēreḏ} “and he went down,” vayakh {וַיַּ֥ךְ | wayyakēḵ} “and he struck,” vayikkach {וַיִּקַּח֙ | wayyiqqaḥ} “and he took,” vayitten {וַיִּתֵּן֙ | wayyiṯtēn} “and he gave,” vayikhar {וַיִּחַר | wayyiḥar} “and he was enraged,” vaya‘al {וַיַּ֖עַל | wayya‘al} “and he went up”—emphasizing swift progression under divine impulse.