1 Kings 17:22:51 Kgs.17.22.W5TAB
וַתָּ֧שָׁב
vatashav
“and returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-tah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vat.taːˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-ta-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-SHAV ne-FESH-ha-YE-led
- clause
va-ta-SHAV ne-FESH-ha-YE-led al-kir-BO va-ye-KHI
- sentence
va-yish-MA ye-ho-VAH be-KOL e-li-YA-hu va-ta-SHAV ne-FESH-ha-YE-led al-kir-BO va-ye-KHI
Exegesis
The verb vattāššāv {וַתָּשָׁב | vattāššāv} ‘and she returned’ agrees with nepeš {נֶֽפֶשׁ | nepeš} ‘soul,’ specifying restoration of the life-force.
In context — 1 Kings 17:22
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the boy returned within him, and he lived.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 17:22, so the Hebrew word וַתָּ֧שָׁב (vatashav) 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.17.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.22.W5.S1) and character.