2 Chronicles 20:27:12 Chr.20.27.W1TAB
וַ֠יָּשֻׁבוּ
vayashuvu
“and they returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SHUH-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈʃuː.vuː/
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 KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-sim-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-sim-KHA ki-sim-me-KHAM ye-ho-VAH me-o-ye-VE-hem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁבוּ | way·yā·šû·w} ‘and they returned,’ advancing the narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to dwell, inhabit”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:27
And all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice over their enemies.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 20:27, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יָּשֻׁבוּ (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.20.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.27.W1.S1) and character.