1 Kings 20:9:191 Kgs.20.9.W19TAB
וַיְשִׁבֻ֖הוּ
vayeshivuhu
“and they brought him back”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-shi-VU-hu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shih-VUH-hoo
- IPA
- /vajəʃiˈvuː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they brought him back
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-shi-VU-hu
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU ha-mal-a-KHIM va-ye-shi-VU-hu da-VAR
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-mal-a-KHE ben-ha-DAD im-RU la-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KOL a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta el-av-DE-kha va-ri-sho-NA e-e-SE ve-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT va-ye-le-KHU ha-mal-a-KHIM va-ye-shi-VU-hu da-VAR
Exegesis
Finally, vayelchu hamalakhim vayeshibuhu davar {וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים וַיְשִׁבֻ֖הוּ דָּבָֽר | wā-yē-le-khû ha-mal-ʾa-khîm wā-yĕ-šî-bû-hû dā-ḇār} ‘and the messengers went and brought him back word’ resumes the narrative report.
In context — 1 Kings 20:9
And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad , “Say to my lord the king, ‘All that you sent to your servant at first I will do, but this thing I am not able to do.’” And the messengers went and brought him back word.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:9:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word וַיְשִׁבֻ֖הוּ (vayeshivuhu) 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.20.9.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.9.W19.S1) and character.