1 Samuel 17:15:31 Sam.17.15.W3TAB
וָשָׁ֖ב
vashav
“and returning”
- Transliteration
- va-SHAV
- Extended
- vaa-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaːˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and returning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
ho-LEKH va-SHAV
- clause
ve-da-VID ho-LEKH va-SHAV me-AL sha-UL
- sentence
ve-da-VID ho-LEKH va-SHAV me-AL sha-UL lir-OT et-TSON a-VIV BET LA-khem
Exegesis
The participle holekh {הֹלֵךְ | hō-lēḵ} ‘going’ followed by vashav {וָשָׁב | wā-šāḇ} ‘and returning’ forms an iterative wayyiqtol construction that conveys repeated movement.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:15
But David would go and return from Saul to tend the flock of his father at Bethlehem.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 17:15, so the Hebrew word וָשָׁ֖ב (vashav) 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.17.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.15.W3.S1) and character.