2 Chronicles 19:8:132 Chr.19.8.W13TAB
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ
vayashuvu
“and they returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-shu-VU
- Extended
- vah-yah-shuh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jɑːʃuˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they returned
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-shu-VU
- clause
va-ya-shu-VU ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ve-GAM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim he-e-MID ye-ho-sha-FAT min-ha-le-vi-YIM ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM u-me-ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yis-ra-EL le-mish-PAT ye-ho-VAH ve-la-RIV va-ya-shu-VU ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wa-yā-šū-vū {וַיָּשֻׁבוּ | wa-yā-šū-vū} continues the narrative simply with “and they returned to Jerusalem,” situating the judiciary in the capital.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:8
And also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed from among the Levites, the priests and the heads of the fathers of Israel for the judgment of the LORD and for disputes, and they returned to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 19:8, 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.19.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.8.W13.S1) and character.