2 Samuel 17:3:12 Sam.17.3.W1TAB
וְאָשִׁ֥יבָה
veashiva
“and I will bring back or restore”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-SHI-va
- Extended
- veh-aa-SHEE-vah
- IPA
- /vəʔaːˈʃiːvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will bring back or restore
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-SHI-va
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-SHI-va khol-ha-AM
- clause
ve-a-SHI-va khol-ha-AM e-LE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-SHI-va khol-ha-AM e-LE-kha ke-SHUV ha-KOL ha-ISH a-SHER a-TA me-vak-KESH khol-ha-AM yih-ye-YE sha-LOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive ve’ashivah {וְאָשִׁ֥יבָה | wə-ʾā-šî-ḇāh} ‘and I will bring back’, employing the hiphil stem for causative action.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:3
And I will bring back all the people to you; when the man whom you seek returns , all the people will be at peace .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 17:3, so the Hebrew word וְאָשִׁ֥יבָה (veashiva) 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.17.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.3.W1.S1) and character.