וַיֹּ֧גֶמֶל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֧גֶמֶל

   va-yo-GE-mel

   and bore
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּגֵּ֣ד צִיץ וַיֹּ֧גֶמֶל שְׁקֵדִים׃

   va-ya-GED TSITS va-yo-GE-mel she-ke-DIM

   and produced blossoms and bore almonds
3. clause🔊 אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל הָעֵדֻ֔ת וְהִנֵּ֣ה פָּרַ֣ח מַטֵּ֣ה־אַהֲרֹ֗ן לְבֵ֧ית לֵוִ֛י וַיָּצֵ֥ץ פֶּרַח֮ וַיַּגֵּ֣ד צִיץ וַיֹּ֧גֶמֶל שְׁקֵדִים׃

   el-O-HEL ha-e-DUT ve-hi-NEH pa-RACH ma-TEH-A-ha-RON le-VEIT LE-vi va-ya-TSETS pe-RACH va-ya-GED TSITS va-yo-GE-mel she-ke-DIM

   to the tent of the testimony and behold had budded the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi and brought forth buds blossoms and produced blossoms and bore almonds
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֙ מִמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיָּבֹ֖א מֹשֶׁ֑ה אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל הָעֵדֻ֔ת וְהִנֵּ֣ה פָּרַ֣ח מַטֵּ֣ה־אַהֲרֹ֗ן לְבֵ֧ית לֵוִ֛י וַיָּצֵ֥ץ פֶּרַח֮ וַיַּגֵּ֣ד צִיץ וַיֹּ֧גֶמֶל שְׁקֵדִים׃

   va-ye-HI mi-ma-kho-RAT va-ya-VO mo-SHEH el-O-HEL ha-e-DUT ve-hi-NEH pa-RACH ma-TEH-A-ha-RON le-VEIT LE-vi va-ya-TSETS pe-RACH va-ya-GED TSITS va-yo-GE-mel she-ke-DIM

   and it was on the next day then came Moses to the tent of the testimony and behold had budded the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi and brought forth buds blossoms and produced blossoms and bore almonds

Exegesis

The sequence of growth verbs—parakh {פָּרַח | pāraḥ} “sprouted,” vayyōṣēʾ perakh {וַיּוֹצֵא פֶּרַח | vayyōṣēʾ pēraḥ} “brought forth a bud,” vayyāṣēṣ tsits {וַיָּצֵץ צִיץ | vayyāṣēṣ ṣîṣ} “budded a flower,” and vayyiġmōl sheqedim {וַיִּגְמֹל שְׁקֵדִים | vayyiġmōl šəqēdîm} “yielded almonds”—creates cumulative emphasis on each stage of the miracle.