1 Chronicles 17:16:41 Chr.17.16.W4TAB
וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב
vayeshev
“and he sat”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEV
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHEV
- clause
va-ya-VO ham-ME-lekh da-VID va-ye-SHEV lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO ham-ME-lekh da-VID va-ye-SHEV lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER MI-a-NI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM u-MI ve-TI KI ha-vi-o-TA-ni AD-ha-LOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a series of vav consecutives: vayyābōʾ {וַיָּבֹא֙ | wayyābōʾ} ‘and he came’, vayyešeḇ {וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב | wayyešeḇ} ‘and he sat’, wayyōʾmēr {וַיֹּאָמֶר | wayyōʾmēr} ‘and he said’, typical of Hebrew narrative linkage.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“dwell, inhabit”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:16
Then King David came and sat before the LORD , and he said, “Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house , that You have brought me this far?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 17:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (vayeshev) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.17.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.16.W4.S1) and character.