2 Kings 15:5:82 Kgs.15.5.W8TAB
וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב
vayeshev
“and he dwelt”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHEV
- clause
va-ye-NAG-ga ye-ho-VAH et-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-HI me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT ha-khaf-SHIT
- sentence
va-ye-NAG-ga ye-ho-VAH et-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-HI me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT ha-khaf-SHIT ve-yo-TAM ben-ha-ME-lekh al-ha-BA-yit sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The verb vayeshev {וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב | vayešeḇ} ‘and He dwelled’ takes the prepositional phrase bəvēyṯ-haḥāp̄šît {בְּבֵית־הַחָפְשִׁ֑ית | bəvēyṯ-haḥāp̄šît} ‘in the house of separation’ as its locative object.
In context — 2 Kings 15:5
And the LORD struck the king and he became a leper until the day of his death, and he lived in the house of separation. And Jotham, the king’s son, was over the house judging the people of the land.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 15:5, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (vayeshev) 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.15.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.5.W8.S1) and character.