2 Kings 16:6:152 Kgs.16.6.W15TAB
וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ
vayeshevu
“and they dwelt”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-she-VU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-sheh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːʃəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-ye-she-VU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-she-VU SHAM
- clause
ve-a-ra-MIM va-a-do-MIM ba-U e-LAT va-ye-she-VU SHAM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
ba-ET ha-HI he-SHIV re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM et-E-laT la-a-RAM va-ye-na-SHEL et-ha-ye-hu-DIM me-e-LOT ve-a-ra-MIM va-a-do-MIM ba-U e-LAT va-ye-she-VU SHAM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The coordinated nouns we-aramim wa-edomim {וְאֲרָמִים וַאֲדוֹמִים֙ | wə-ʾărāmîm wa-ʾă-ḏō-mîm} in vav-consecutive perfect describe successive occupation, and baʾu vayeshevu {בָּ֣אוּ אֵילַ֔ת וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ | bā-ʾû ʾê-lāṯ way-ya-šə-ḇû} “they came to Eilat and dwelt” establishes settled residency.
In context — 2 Kings 16:6
At that time, Rezin, king of Aram, restored Eilat to Aram and expelled the Judeans from Eilat. Then the Arameans and the Edomites came to Eilat and dwelt there until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 16:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ (vayeshevu) 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.16.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.6.W15.S1) and character.