1 Kings 17:5:61 Kgs.17.5.W6TAB
וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙
vayeshev
“and he sat or remained”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEHv
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sat or remained
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHEV
- clause
va-ye-LEKH va-ye-SHEV be-na-KHAL ke-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-AS kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH va-ye-SHEV be-na-KHAL ke-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The repetition of vayelekh {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} focuses Elijah’s movement to the specified site, and vayeshev bĕ-nāḥāl {וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּנַ֣חַל | wayyēšēḇ bə-nāḥāl} ‘and he dwelt in the brook’ signals his settled state.
In context — 1 Kings 17:5
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD . He went and settled by the brook Kerith, which lies east of the Jordan.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 17:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ (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 Kgs.17.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.5.W6.S1) and character.