וַיֵּ֧רֶד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּ֧רֶד

   va-YE-red

   and he went down
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֵּ֧רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן

   va-YE-red shim-shon

   and he went down Samson
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֧רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן וְאָבִ֥יו וְאִמּ֖וֹ תִּמְנָ֑תָה

   va-YE-red shim-shon ve-a-VIV ve-im-MO tim-na-TA

   and he went down Samson and his father and his mother to Timnah
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֧רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן וְאָבִ֥יו וְאִמּ֖וֹ תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ עַד־כַּרְמֵ֣י תִמְנָ֔תָה וְהִנֵּה֙ כְּפִ֣יר אֲרָי֔וֹת שֹׁאֵ֖ג לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃

   va-YE-red shim-shon ve-a-VIV ve-im-MO tim-na-TA va-ya-VO-u ad-kar-ME tim-na-TA ve-hin-NE ke-FIR a-ra-YOT sho-EG lik-ra-TO

   and he went down Samson and his father and his mother to Timnah and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah and behold a young lion of lions roaring to meet him

Exegesis

The narrative begins with the sequential waw-consecutive verb vayered {וַיֵּרֶד | wa·yē·reḏ} ‘and he went down’, establishing a chronological flow.

Root and etymology

y-r-d🔊 י־ר־דyod–resh–dalet

“to go down”

• 🔊 יָרַדyaradhe went downGenesis 12:10