2 Kings 13:5:82 Kgs.13.5.W8TAB
וַיֵּשְׁב֧וּ
vayeshvoo
“dwelt”
- Transliteration
- va-yesh-VOO
- Extended
- vah-yesh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːʃˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwelt
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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-yesh-VOO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yesh-VOO ve-NEY-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yesh-VOO ve-NEY-yis-ra-EL be-o-ho-le-HEM kit-MOL shil-SHOM
- sentence
va-yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL mo-SHI-a va-yets-OO mit-TA-khat yad-a-RAM va-yesh-VOO ve-NEY-yis-ra-EL be-o-ho-le-HEM kit-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The sequence of Qal imperfect verbs vayetse’u {וַיֵּ֣צְא֔וּ | wayyəṣᵊʾû} ‘and they went out’ and vayeshvu {וַיֵּשְׁב֧וּ | wayyišbû} ‘and they dwelt’, both introduced by vav, establishes a cause-and-effect progression.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell, rule”
In context — 2 Kings 13:5
And the LORD gave Israel a deliverer , and the Israelites went out from under the hand of Aram and dwelt in their tents as in former days.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 13:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשְׁב֧וּ (vayeshvoo) 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 Kgs.13.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.5.W8.S1) and character.