וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙

   va-yo-SHEV

   and he made them dwell
2. clause🔊 וַיָּבֵ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֡וּר מִבָּבֶ֡ל וּ֠מִכּוּ֠תָה וּמֵעַוָּ֤א וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙ וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן תַּ֖חַת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

   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

   and he brought the king of Assyria from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim and he made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֵ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֡וּר מִבָּבֶ֡ל וּ֠מִכּוּ֠תָה וּמֵעַוָּ֤א וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙ וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן תַּ֖חַת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ בְּעָרֶֽיהָ׃

   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

   and he brought the king of Assyria from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim and he made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel and they possessed Samaria and they lived in its cities

Exegesis

The narrative unfolds with a series of coordinated movements introduced by the vav-consecutive on vayave {וַיָּבֵא | wayyāvêʾ} ‘and he brought’ and vayoshev {וַיֹּשֶׁב | wayyošēḇ} ‘and he settled’.

Root and etymology

y-sh-b🔊 י־שׁ־בyod–shin–bet

“to sit, dwell, settle”

• 🔊 יֵשֶׁבye-shevhe dwelledGenesis 13:12