וַיְנַסּ֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיְנַסּ֣וּ

   va-ye-nas-SU

   and have tested
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֹתִ֗י

   va-ye-nas-SU o-TI

   and have tested me
3. clause🔊 וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֹתִ֗י זֶ֚ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

   va-ye-nas-SU o-TI ZEH E-ser pe-a-MIM ve-LO sham-U be-ko-LI

   and have tested me these ten times and not have listened to my voice
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י כָל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הָרֹאִ֤ים אֶת־כְּבֹדִי֙ וְאֶת־אֹ֣תֹתַ֔י אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתִי בְמִצְרַ֖יִם וּבַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֹתִ֗י זֶ֚ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

   KI kol-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ro-IM ET-ke-vo-DEE ve-ET-o-to-TAI a-SHER-a-si-TI be-mits-RA-yim u-va-mid-BAR va-ye-nas-SU o-TI ZEH E-ser pe-a-MIM ve-LO sham-U be-ko-LI

   for all the men who see my glory and my signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and have tested me these ten times and not have listened to my voice

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive imperfect wayyenassû {וַיְנַסּוּ | wayyenassû} creates narrative progression by describing how they tested ’ôtî {אֹתִי | ʾôtî} “me.”