וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ

   va-yis-re-FU

   and they burned
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ אוֹתָ֛הּ

   va-yis-re-FU o-TAH

   and they burned her
3. clause🔊 וַיַּעֲל֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ אוֹתָ֛הּ וְאֶת־אָבִ֖יהָ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

   va-ya-a-LU pe-lish-TIM va-yis-re-FU o-TAH ve-et-a-VI-ha ba-ESH

   and they went up Philistines and they burned her and {direct object} her father with fire
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּים֮ מִ֣י עָ֣שָׂה זֹאת֒ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ חֲתַ֣ן הַתִּמְנִ֔י כִּ֚י לָקַ֣ח אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיַּעֲל֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ אוֹתָ֛הּ וְאֶת־אָבִ֖יהָ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

   va-yo-ME-ru pe-lish-TIM MI a-SA ZOT va-yo-ME-ru shim-SHON kha-TAN ha-tim-NI KI la-KHAKH et-ish-TO va-yit-ne-NAH le-me-re-E-hu va-ya-a-LU pe-lish-TIM va-yis-re-FU o-TAH ve-et-a-VI-ha ba-ESH

   and they said Philistines who did this and they said Samson son-in-law the Timnite because he took {direct object} his wife and he gave her to his companion and they went up Philistines and they burned her and {direct object} her father with fire

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive sequence vayittenah {וַיִּתְּנָהּ | wayyiṯnâh} ‘and he gave her,’ vaya’alu {וַיַּעֲל֣וּ | wayyaʿalû} ‘and they went up,’ and vayisrefu {וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ | wayyisrefû} ‘and they burned’ builds narrative momentum toward the violent climax, while the direct object markers et and ve-et highlight the victims of the burning.