2 Chronicles 15:4:12 Chr.15.4.W1TAB
וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙
vayashav
“and he returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he returned
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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
- clause
va-ya-SHAV ba-TSAR-LO al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ba-TSAR-LO al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL va-ye-vak-SHU-hu va-yim-ma-TSE la-HEM
Exegesis
The verb wayyashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} ‘and he turned’ signals a responsive turning under pressure, intensified by the prepositional phrase batzar-lo {בַּצַּר־לוֹ | baṣṣar-lô} ‘in his distress’.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-b-ʼ
“to swear, make a vow”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:4
But in their distress they turned to the LORD , the God of Israel , and they sought Him, and He was found by them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 15:4, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (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 2 Chr.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.4.W1.S1) and character.