וַיֵּ֣ט

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּ֣ט

   va-YET

   and he bent or stretched
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֵּ֣ט בְּכֹ֔חַ

   va-YET be-KHO-akh

   and he bent or stretched with strength or with power
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן תָּמ֣וֹת נַפְשִׁי֮ עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒ וַיֵּ֣ט בְּכֹ֔חַ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל הַבַּ֙יִת֙ עַל־הַסְּרָנִ֔ים וְעַל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־בּ֑וֹ

   va-yo-MER shim-sHON ta-MOT naf-SHI im-pe-lish-TIM va-YET be-KHO-akh va-yi-POL ha-BA-yit al-ha-se-ra-NIM ve-al-kol-ha-AM a-SHER-BO

   and he said Samson let die my life or my soul with Philistines and he bent or stretched with strength or with power and fell the house upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן תָּמ֣וֹת נַפְשִׁי֮ עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒ וַיֵּ֣ט בְּכֹ֔חַ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל הַבַּ֙יִת֙ עַל־הַסְּרָנִ֔ים וְעַל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־בּ֑וֹ וַיִּהְי֤וּ הַמֵּתִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵמִ֣ית בְּמוֹת֔וֹ רַבִּ֕ים מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵמִ֖ית בְּחַיָּֽיו׃

   va-yo-MER shim-sHON ta-MOT naf-SHI im-pe-lish-TIM va-YET be-KHO-akh va-yi-POL ha-BA-yit al-ha-se-ra-NIM ve-al-kol-ha-AM a-SHER-BO va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM a-SHER he-MIT be-mo-TO ra-BIM me-a-SHER he-MIT be-kha-YAV

   and he said Samson let die my life or my soul with Philistines and he bent or stretched with strength or with power and fell the house upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it and were the dead whom or which he killed in his death many more than he killed in his life

Exegesis

The narrative resumes with the imperfect vav-consecutive and instrument: wayyeṭ {וַיֵּ֣ט | wayyeṭ} ‘and he bent’ plus bə-ḵōaḥ {בְּכֹ֔חַ | bə-ḵōaḥ} ‘with strength’, indicating means.