1 Samuel 20:25:101 Sam.20.25.W10TAB
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
vayeshev
“and sat”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-shev
- Extended
- vah-YEH-shehv
- IPA
- /jəhoːnaːˈθaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-shev
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-shev av-NER
- clause
va-YE-shev ha-ME-lekh al-MO-sha-VO ke-FA-am be-FA-am el-MO-shav ha-KIR va-ya-KAM ye-ho-NA-tan va-YE-shev av-NER mits-Tsad sha-UL
- sentence
va-YE-shev ha-ME-lekh al-MO-sha-VO ke-FA-am be-FA-am el-MO-shav ha-KIR va-ya-KAM ye-ho-NA-tan va-YE-shev av-NER mits-Tsad sha-UL va-yip-PA-ked me-KOM da-VID
Exegesis
The verse uses two parallel vav-consecutive clauses with vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | wayyešev} ‘and he sat’, marking sequential action.
The second clause mirrors this pattern with vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | wayyešev} and avner {אַבְנֵר | ʾav-nēr} linked to etzlāyw {אֶצְלָיו | eṣ-lā-yw}, reinforcing proximity.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit or dwell”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:25
And he sat in his customary place by the wall opposite Jonathan, and Abner sat at his side, but David’s place was empty.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 20:25, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (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.20.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.25.W10.S1) and character.