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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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