2 Chronicles 18:32:92 Chr.18.32.W9TAB
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ
vayashuvu
“and they turned back”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SHUH-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈʃuːvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHU-vu
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu me-a-kha-RAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI kir-OT sa-RE ha-RE-khev KI lo-HA-ya ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-ya-SHU-vu me-a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
The narrative then resumes with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ | wă-yā-šû-vû} ‘and they turned back’, and the prepositional phrase meʾacharav {מֵאַחֲרָֽיו | mê-ʾă-ḥă-rāw} ‘from after him’ completes the motion. English employs “When” or “As soon as” to preserve the Hebrew sequence emphasizing recognition prior to retreat.
Root and etymology
y-sh-vyod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:32
When the commanders of the chariot saw that he was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him and turned back .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 18:32, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (vayashuvu) 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.18.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.32.W9.S1) and character.