2 Samuel 14:28:12 Sam.14.28.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב
vayeshev
“and he lived or dwelt”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-shev
- Extended
- vah-YEH-shehv
- IPA
- /vajˈjeː.ʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he lived or dwelt
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-shev
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-shev av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-YE-shev av-sha-LOM bi-ru-sha-LIM she-na-TA-yim ya-MIM
- sentence
va-YE-shev av-sha-LOM bi-ru-sha-LIM she-na-TA-yim ya-MIM u-fe-NE ha-ME-lekh LO ra-A
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayeshev {וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב | way-yē-šeb} ‘and he dwelt’, establishing sequential narrative.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byshb
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:28
And Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king’s face .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 14:28, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב (vayeshev) 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 Sam.14.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.28.W1.S1) and character.