1 Kings 13:33:81 Kgs.13.33.W8TAB
וַ֠יָּשָׁב
vayashav
“returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHAV
- clause
va-ya-SHAV va-ya-AS mik-TSOT ha-AM ko-ha-NE va-MOT he-kha-FETS ye-mal-LEH et-ya-DO vi-ye-HI ko-ha-NE va-MOT
- sentence
a-KHAR ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH lo-SHAV ya-rav-AHM mi-dar-KO ha-ra-AH va-ya-SHAV va-ya-AS mik-TSOT ha-AM ko-ha-NE va-MOT he-kha-FETS ye-mal-LEH et-ya-DO vi-ye-HI ko-ha-NE va-MOT
Exegesis
The vav consecutive sequence vayyashav {וַיָּשָׁב | way-yā-šāḇ} + vayyaas {וַיַּעַשׂ | way-ya-ʿaś} advances the narrative: “and he returned and he made.”
Root and etymology
Rootshin-waw-bet
“to return, turn back”
In context — 1 Kings 13:33
After this event Jeroboam did not turn back from his evil way, but again made priests from the lowest ranks of the people for the high places ; whoever desired it he filled his hand and became a priest of the high places.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 13:33, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יָּשָׁב (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 Kgs.13.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.33.W8.S1) and character.