1 Kings 20:5:11 Kgs.20.5.W1TAB
וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙
vayashuvu
“and they returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SHUH-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʃuːvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHU-vu
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-mal-a-KHIM va-yo-me-RU ko-a-MAR ben-ha-DAD le-MOR
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-mal-a-KHIM va-yo-me-RU ko-a-MAR ben-ha-DAD le-MOR ki-sha-la-KHti e-LE-kha le-MOR kas-pe-KHA u-ze-hav-KHA ve-na-SHE-kha u-va-NE-kha LI ti-TEN
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in vayyashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁבוּ | way·yā·šū·ḇū} shifts the imperfect into a narrative past, linking the envoys’ return to prior events.
In context — 1 Kings 20:5
And the messengers returned and said, “Thus says Ben-Hadad : ‘I sent word to you, saying, “You shall give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.”’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:5, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (vayashuvu) 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.20.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.5.W1.S1) and character.