1 Samuel 15:31:11 Sam.15.31.W1TAB
וַיָּ֥שָׁב
vayashav
“turned back”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- turned 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 | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV she-mu-EL
- clause
va-ya-SHAV she-mu-EL a-kha-RE sha-UL
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV she-mu-EL a-kha-RE sha-UL va-yish-ta-KHU sha-UL la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The first verb vay-ya-shav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} in the prefix-consecutive form signals sequential action, followed by the adverbial phrase ʾăḥărê Šāʾûl {אַחֲרֵי שָׁאוּל | ʾăḥărê Šāʾûl} ‘after Saul’ marking accompaniment.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־בš-v-b
“to turn back, return”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:31
Then Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul bowed down in worship to the LORD .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:31, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֥שָׁב (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 Sam.15.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.31.W1.S1) and character.