2 Samuel 15:19:102 Sam.15.19.W10TAB
וְשֵׁ֤ב
veshev
“and stay”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHEV
- Extended
- veh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /vəˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and stay
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
SHUV ve-SHEV im-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
SHUV ve-SHEV im-ha-ME-lekh ki-na-KHRI a-TA ve-gam-go-LE a-TA lim-ko-ME-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-i-TAI ha-gi-TI la-MA te-LEKH gam-a-TA i-TA-nu SHUV ve-SHEV im-ha-ME-lekh ki-na-KHRI a-TA ve-gam-go-LE a-TA lim-ko-ME-kha
Exegesis
The imperatives shuv {שׁ֣וּב | šūv} ‘return’ and veshev {וְשֵׁ֤ב | wə-šēḇ} ‘and remain’ convey successive commands.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:19
And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Return and remain with the king, for you are a foreigner and an exile to your own place.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 15:19, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁ֤ב (veshev) 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.15.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.19.W10.S1) and character.