1 Samuel 20:24:61 Sam.20.24.W6TAB
וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב
vayeshev
“and he sat”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yee-SHEV
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sat
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-SHEV ha-ME-lekh al-eL-ha-LE-khem le-e-KHOL
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-KHO-desh va-ye-SHEV ha-ME-lekh al-eL-ha-LE-khem le-e-KHOL
- sentence
va-yis-sa-TER da-VID ba-sa-DE va-ye-HI ha-KHO-desh va-ye-SHEV ha-ME-lekh al-eL-ha-LE-khem le-e-KHOL
Exegesis
The narrative relies on the vav consecutive imperfect to sequence events, first in vayyiṣṭōr {וַיִּסְתֹּר | wayyiṣṭōr} ‘and he hid’, then in wayyəḥî {וַיְהִי | wayyəḥî} ‘and it was’, and wayyēšev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | wayyēšev} ‘and he sat’.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit or dwell”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:24
And David hid in the field, and the month came, and the king sat down to eat.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 20:24, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב (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 Sam.20.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.24.W6.S1) and character.