וַיָּבֹ֗א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיָּבֹ֗א

   va-ya-VO

   and he came
2. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֗א וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בִּרְח֣וֹב הָעִ֔יר וְאֵ֥ין אִ֛ישׁ מְאַסֵּֽף־אוֹתָ֥ם הַבַּ֖יְתָה לָלֽוּן׃

   va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN

   and he came and he sat in the open square of the city and there was not a man gathering them in to the house to lodge
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּסֻ֣רוּ שָׁ֔ם לָב֖וֹא לָל֣וּן בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֗א וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בִּרְח֣וֹב הָעִ֔יר וְאֵ֥ין אִ֛ישׁ מְאַסֵּֽף־אוֹתָ֥ם הַבַּ֖יְתָה לָלֽוּן׃

   va-ya-SU-ru SHAM la-VO la-LUN ba-giv-A va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN

   and they turned aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah and he came and he sat in the open square of the city and there was not a man gathering them in to the house to lodge

Exegesis

The narrative then shifts to singular perspective with wayyāḇōʼ {וַיָּבֹא | way-yā-ḇōʼ} ‘and he came’ and wayyēšeḇ {וַיֵּשֶׁב | way-yē-šeḇ} ‘and he sat’, focusing on the principal actor.