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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Result
וַ + יָּ֙ + שָׁב֙
va + ya + shav
vayashav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-SHAV

  2. clause

    va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA

  3. 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 context2 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.