Deuteronomy 17:14:9Deut.17.14.W9TAB
וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה
veyashavta
“and dwell in it”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-shav-TA
- Extended
- veh-yah-shav-TAH
- IPA
- /vajaʃavˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and dwell in it
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ya-shav-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-shav-TA BAH
- clause
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN lakh vi-rish-TAH ve-ya-shav-TA BAH
- sentence
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN lakh vi-rish-TAH ve-ya-shav-TA BAH ve-a-mar-TA a-si-MAH a-LAI ME-lekh ke-KHOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TAI
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive perfect forms wîrišṯāh {וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ | wîrišṯāh} and wəyāšabṯāh {וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה | wəyāšabṯāh} outline the actions of possessing and settling.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:14
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you take possession of it and live in it, and you say, “Let me appoint a king over me like all the nations around me.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 17:14, so the Hebrew word וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה (veyashavta) 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 Deut.17.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.14.W9.S1) and character.