2 Kings 17:24:162 Kgs.17.24.W16TAB
וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ
vayeshevu
“and they lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-she-VU
- Extended
- vah-yee-sheh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːʃəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they lived
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
- clause
va-yir-SHU et-sho-me-RON va-ye-she-VU be-a-re-HA
- sentence
va-ya-VE ME-lekh-a-SHUR mi-ba-VEL u-mi-ku-TA u-me-a-VA u-me-kha-MAT u-se-far-va-YIM va-yo-SHEV be-a-RE sho-me-RON TA-khat be-NE yis-ra-EL va-yir-SHU et-sho-me-RON va-ye-she-VU be-a-re-HA
Exegesis
The final clause vayyeshevu {וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ | wayyešēḇū} ‘and they dwelled’ confirms lasting habitation. English word order shifts the object earlier for clarity while preserving the causal-substitution structure of the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell, settle”
In context — 2 Kings 17:24
And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria as a substitute for the Israelites. Then they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:24:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 17:24, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ (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.17.24.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.24.W16.S1) and character.