2 Samuel 18:16:42 Sam.18.16.W4TAB
וַיָּ֣שָׁב
vayashav
“and returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and returned
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV ha-AM
- clause
va-yit-KA yo-AV ba-sho-FAR va-ya-SHAV ha-AM mir-DOF a-kha-RE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yit-KA yo-AV ba-sho-FAR va-ya-SHAV ha-AM mir-DOF a-kha-RE yis-ra-EL ki-KHA-sakh yo-AV et-ha-AM
Exegesis
The narrative is driven by successive vav-consecutive verbs vayitqa {וַיִּתְקַע | wayyiṯqaʿ} ‘and he blew’ and vayyashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} ‘and he returned’, signaling shifts in action.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:16
Then Joab blew the trumpet , and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:16, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣שָׁב (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 Sam.18.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.16.W4.S1) and character.