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“Then All the Elders of Yisraʾel Came” — A Sacred Procession in Biblical Hebrew

וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ הַלְוִיִּ֖ם אֶת־הָאָרֹֽון׃ (2 Chronicles 5:4) And all the elders of Yisraʾel came, and the Levites carried the Ark. Word-by-Word Explanation וַיָּבֹאוּ – “And they came”Verb, from the root בּוֹא (“to come, enter”) – Form: wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural (narrative past) – Prefix וַ signals a past narrative sequence (“and…”) This opens the scene with action: a solemn entrance. כֹּל – “all”Noun meaning “all” or “every” – Governs the next phrase, זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל This emphasizes the totality of the group arriving.… Learn Hebrew
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