2 Samuel 15:29:72 Sam.15.29.W7TAB
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ
vayeshevu
“and they remained”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-she-VU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-sheh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeʃəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they remained
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-she-VU
- clause
va-ye-she-VU SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-ye-she-VU SHAM
Exegesis
The clause closes with wayyēšebū {וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ | wayyēšebū} ‘and they remained’ plus the locative adverb šām {שָֽׁם | šām} ‘there’, conveying their settled presence.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:29
So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem, and they stayed there .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:29, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (vayeshevu) 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.15.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.29.W7.S1) and character.