וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב

   va-ye-SHEV

   and he lived or sat
2. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֞א אֶחָ֣ד מֵהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִגְלוּ֙ מִשֹּׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל

   va-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL

   and he came one from the priests whom or which they exiled from Samaria and he lived or sat in Bethel
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֞א אֶחָ֣ד מֵהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִגְלוּ֙ מִשֹּׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל וַֽיְהִי֙ מוֹרֶ֣ה אֹתָ֔ם אֵ֖יךְ יִֽירְא֥וּ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

   va-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH

   and he came one from the priests whom or which they exiled from Samaria and he lived or sat in Bethel and he was teaching or instructor them how they should fear the LORD

Exegesis

The narrative employs three sequential vav-prefixed verbs: vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | vá-ya-vô} ‘and he came’, vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | vá-ye-šêḇ} ‘and he settled’, and vayehi {וַיְהִי | vá-ye-hî} ‘and he became’, marking procession of events.

Root and etymology

y-sh-b🔊 י־שׁ־בyod–shin–bet

“to sit, dwell, settle”

• 🔊 יֵשֶׁבye-shevhe dwelledGenesis 13:12