וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ

   va-ya-a-LU

   and they brought up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אוֹת֗וֹ

   va-ya-a-LU va-yik-be-RU o-TO

   and they brought up and they buried him
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּרְד֨וּ אֶחָ֜יו וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִיהוּ֮ וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ אֹתוֹ֒ וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אוֹת֗וֹ בֵּ֤ין צָרְעָה֙ וּבֵ֣ין אֶשְׁתָּאֹ֔ל בְּקֶ֖בֶר מָנ֣וֹחַ אָבִ֑יו

   va-yer-DU e-KHAV ve-khol-BET a-vi-HU va-yis-E-U o-TO va-ya-a-LU va-yik-be-RU o-TO BEN tsar-A u-VEN esh-ta-OL be-KE-ver ma-NO-akh a-VIV

   and they went down his brothers and all the house of his father and they carried him and they brought up and they buried him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּרְד֨וּ אֶחָ֜יו וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִיהוּ֮ וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ אֹתוֹ֒ וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אוֹת֗וֹ בֵּ֤ין צָרְעָה֙ וּבֵ֣ין אֶשְׁתָּאֹ֔ל בְּקֶ֖בֶר מָנ֣וֹחַ אָבִ֑יו וְה֛וּא שָׁפַ֥ט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

   va-yer-DU e-KHAV ve-khol-BET a-vi-HU va-yis-E-U o-TO va-ya-a-LU va-yik-be-RU o-TO BEN tsar-A u-VEN esh-ta-OL be-KE-ver ma-NO-akh a-VIV ve-HU sha-FAT et-yis-ra-EL e-se-RIM sha-NA

   and they went down his brothers and all the house of his father and they carried him and they brought up and they buried him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father and he he judged Israel {direct object} twenty year

Exegesis

The verse employs a chain of vav-consecutive verbs to create a rapid sequence of actions: vayerdu {וַיֵּרְד֨וּ | wǎ-yĕ-rĕ-ḏû} ‘and they went down’, vayisu {וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ | wǎ-yĭ-sǎʾû} ‘and they carried’, vayaalu {וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ | wǎ-yă-ʿă-lû} ‘and they went up’, vayikberu {וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ | wǎ-yĭq-bĕ-rû} ‘and they buried’. This narrative style, common in the Book of Judges, links discrete actions without subordinate clauses, emphasizing communal responsibility.