2 Kings 19:8:12 Kgs.19.8.W1TAB
וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙
vayashav
“and he returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he returned
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHAV
- clause
va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA KI sha-MA KI na-SA mil-la-KHISH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive in vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | way-yā-šāḇ} ‘and he returned’, setting the narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 2 Kings 19:8
And the chief cupbearer returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (vayashav) 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.19.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.8.W1.S1) and character.