Deuteronomy 20:8:11Deut.20.8.W11TAB

וְיָשֹׁ֣ב

veyashov

“and return”

Transliteration: ve-ya-SHOV
Extended: veh-yah-SHOHV
IPA: /vəjaˈʃoːv/

Meaning by language

English: and return

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + יָ + שֹׁ֣ב

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ve + ya + shov

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veyashov

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
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-ya-SHOV
phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to
clause
ve-yas-FU ha-sho-TREEM le-da-BER el-ha-AM ve-am-RU mi-ha-ISH ha-ya-RE ve-RAKH hal-le-VAV ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to
sentence
ve-yas-FU ha-sho-TREEM le-da-BER el-ha-AM ve-am-RU mi-ha-ISH ha-ya-RE ve-RAKH hal-le-VAV ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to ve-LO yi-MAS et-le-VAV e-KHA-v kil-va-VO

Exegesis

The jussives yelekh veyashov {יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב | yē-lêḵ wə-yā-šōv} express voluntary withdrawal.

In context — Deuteronomy 20:8

And the officers shall address the people again and say, “Who is the man who is fearful and fainthearted ? Let him go and return to his house so that he does not cause the heart of his brothers to melt like his own.”

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 20:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 20:8, so the Hebrew word וְיָשֹׁ֣ב (veyashov) 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.20.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.8.W11.S1) and character.

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