Daniel 11:13:1Dan.11.13.W1TAB
וְשָׁב֙
veshav
“return”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAV
- Extended
- veh-SHAAV
- IPA
- /wəˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- return
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHAV
- clause
ve-SHAV ME-lekh ha-tsa-FON veh-heh-eh-MEED ha-MON RAV min-ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
ve-SHAV ME-lekh ha-tsa-FON veh-heh-eh-MEED ha-MON RAV min-ha-ri-SHON u-le-KETS ha-i-TIM sha-NEEM ya-VO VO be-KHA-yil ga-DOL u-vir-KHUSH RAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive perfect ve-shav {וְשָׁב | wə-šāv} ‘and he will return’, signaling a renewed campaign by the king of the north.
Root and etymology
sh-v-bshin–vav–bet
“to return”
In context — Daniel 11:13
The king of the north will return and raise a multitude greater than before, and at the end of the appointed times he will come with a great army and with great riches .
About this coordinate
Daniel 11:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 11:13, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁב֙ (veshav) 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 Dan.11.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.13.W1.S1) and character.