וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ

   va-yish-TU

   and they drank
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּאכְלוּ֙ וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ שָֽׁם׃

   va-yo-khe-LU va-yish-TU va-ya-LI-nu SHAM

   and they ate and they drank and they lodged there
3. sentence🔊 וַיֶּחֱזַק־בּ֤וֹ חֹֽתְנוֹ֙ אֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב אִתּ֖וֹ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וַיֹּאכְלוּ֙ וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ שָֽׁם׃

   va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM va-yo-khe-LU va-yish-TU va-ya-LI-nu SHAM

   and he urged him, in him or with him his father-in-law father of the young woman and he stayed with him three of days and they ate and they drank and they lodged there

Exegesis

A series of vav-consecutive verbs—vayokhlu {וַיֹּאכְלוּ | wa-yo-ʾe-k̆lû}, vayishthu {וַיִּשְׁתוּ | wa-yish-tu}, vayalinu {וַיָּלִינוּ | wa-ya-lî-nû}—outlines successive hospitality actions, concluding with the locative sham {שָׁם | šām} anchoring the scene.