וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב

   va-ye-SHEV

   and he lived
2. clause🔊 וַיְהִי֩ עֻזִּיָ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מְצֹרָ֣ע עַד־י֣וֹם מוֹת֗וֹ וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב בֵּ֤ית החפשות הַֽחָפְשִׁית֙ מְצֹרָ֔ע כִּ֥י נִגְזַ֖ר מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה

   va-ye-HI u-zi-YA-hu ham-ME-lekh me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV BET ha-kha-fe-SHOT ha-khaf-SHIT me-tso-RA KI nig-ZAR mib-BET ye-ho-VAH

   and he was Uzziah the king a leper until day of his death and he lived in a house of separations or freedom the separate a leper for he was cut off from {the} house of the LORD
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֩ עֻזִּיָ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מְצֹרָ֣ע עַד־י֣וֹם מוֹת֗וֹ וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב בֵּ֤ית החפשות הַֽחָפְשִׁית֙ מְצֹרָ֔ע כִּ֥י נִגְזַ֖ר מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְיוֹתָ֤ם בְּנוֹ֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שׁוֹפֵ֖ט אֶת־עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

   va-ye-HI u-zi-YA-hu ham-ME-lekh me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV BET ha-kha-fe-SHOT ha-khaf-SHIT me-tso-RA KI nig-ZAR mib-BET ye-ho-VAH ve-yo-TAM be-NO al-BET ham-ME-lekh sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets

   and he was Uzziah the king a leper until day of his death and he lived in a house of separations or freedom the separate a leper for he was cut off from {the} house of the LORD and Jotham his son over {the} house of the king judging {direct object} the people of the land

Exegesis

A second vav-consecutive wayeshev {וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב | wa-yê-šev} describes his residence in the separate house (bēt ha-ḥă-pə-šōt ha-ḥā-pə-šîṯ {בֵּ֤ית החפשות הַֽחָפְשִׁית֙ | bēt ha-ḥă-pə-šōt ha-ḥā-pə-šîṯ}) with metzora again emphasizing permanence.