2 Samuel 19:15:12 Sam.19.15.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:16
וַיָּ֣שָׁב
vayashav
“and he returned”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-shav
- Extended
- vah-YAA-shahv
- IPA
- /vajˈjaː.ʃav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he returned
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 | |
| 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-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YA-shav ha-ME-lekh va-ya-BO ad-ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-YA-shav ha-ME-lekh va-ya-BO ad-ha-yar-DEN vi-ye-hu-DA BA ha-gil-ga-LA la-LE-khet lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh le-ha-a-VIR et-ha-ME-lekh et-ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The narrative employs a vav-consecutive sequence, linking the king’s movements in vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} ‘and he returned’ and vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʼ} ‘and he came,’ establishing continuous progression toward the boundary at ad-hayarden {עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן | ʻad-hayarden} ‘until the Jordan.’
In context — 2 Samuel 19:15
And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan , and Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king and to bring him across the Jordan.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:15, 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.19.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.15.W1.S1) and character.