וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב

   va-yo-SHEV

   and he caused to dwell or placed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב אֹתָ֜ם

   va-yo-SHEV o-TAM

   and he caused to dwell or placed them
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב אֹתָ֜ם בַּחְלַ֧ח וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃

   va-yo-SHEV o-TAM ba-kh-LAKH u-ve-kha-VOR ne-HAR go-ZAN ve-a-REI ma-DAI

   and he caused to dwell or placed them in Halah and in Habor river of Gozan and cities of Media
4. sentence🔊 בִּשְׁנַ֨ת הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ לָכַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיֶּ֥גֶל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַשּׁ֑וּרָה וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב אֹתָ֜ם בַּחְלַ֧ח וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃

   bish-NAT hat-te-shi-IIT le-ho-SHE-a la-KHAD ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-shom-RON va-ye-GEL et-yis-ra-EL a-SHU-ra va-yo-SHEV o-TAM ba-kh-LAKH u-ve-kha-VOR ne-HAR go-ZAN ve-a-REI ma-DAI

   in year of the ninth to Hoshea captured king of Assyria Samaria and he led away Israel to Assyria and he caused to dwell or placed them in Halah and in Habor river of Gozan and cities of Media

Exegesis

The narrative then employs two Vav-consecutive imperfects—vayegel {וַיֶּ֥גֶל | way-ye-ḡel} ‘and he exiled’ and vayoshev {וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב | way-yō-šeḇ} ‘and he settled’—to advance the historical action.

Root and etymology

y-sh-b🔊 י־שׁ־בyod–shin–bet

“to sit, dwell, settle”

• 🔊 יֵשֶׁבye-shevhe dwelledGenesis 13:12