2 Chronicles 22:6:12 Chr.22.6.W1TAB
וַיָּ֜שָׁב
vayashav
“and he returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| 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 le-hit-rap-PE ve-yiz-re-EL KI ha-mak-KIM a-SHER hi-ku-HU va-ra-MA be-hil-la-kha-MO et-kha-za-EL ME-lekh a-RAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV le-hit-rap-PE ve-yiz-re-EL KI ha-mak-KIM a-SHER hi-ku-HU va-ra-MA be-hil-la-kha-MO et-kha-za-EL ME-lekh a-RAM va-a-zar-ya-HU ven-ye-ho-RAM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ya-RAD lir-OT et-ye-ho-RAM ben-akh-AV be-yiz-re-EL ki-kho-LE HU
Exegesis
The narrative begins with vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | way-yā-šāḇ} ‘and he returned’, where the vav-consecutive marks sequential action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:6
So Joram returned to Jezreel to be healed, because he had been wounded at Ramah when he fought Hazael king of Aram. Then Azariah —that is, Ahaziah—son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was ill.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 22:6, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֜שָׁב (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.22.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.6.W1.S1) and character.