1 Chronicles 20:3:151 Chr.20.3.W15TAB
וַיָּ֧שָׁב
vayashav
“and he returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he returned
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV da-VID
- clause
va-ya-SHAV da-VID ve-KHOL-ha-AM ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba ho-TSI va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA u-va-kha-ri-TSE ha-bar-ZEL u-vam-me-ge-ROT ve-KHEN ya-a-SE da-VID le-KHOL a-RE ve-NE-a-MON va-ya-SHAV da-VID ve-KHOL-ha-AM ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The concluding vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyā-šāḇ} marks their return to Jerusalem, completing the campaign episode.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:3
And as for the people who were in it, he brought them out and assigned them to work with saws , and with sharp tools of iron, and with axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Chronicles 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֧שָׁב (vayashav) 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.20.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.3.W15.S1) and character.