Deuteronomy 21:13:5Deut.21.13.W5TAB
וְיָֽשְׁבָה֙
veyashva
“and she shall dwell”
- Transliteration
- ve-yash-VA
- Extended
- veh-yash-VAH
- IPA
- /vəjaʃˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she shall dwell
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yash-VA
- clause
ve-he-si-RA et-SIM-lat shiv-YAH me-a-LE-ha ve-yash-VA be-vei-TE-kha u-vakh-TA et-a-vi-HA ve-et-im-MAH YE-rakh ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-he-si-RA et-SIM-lat shiv-YAH me-a-LE-ha ve-yash-VA be-vei-TE-kha u-vakh-TA et-a-vi-HA ve-et-im-MAH YE-rakh ya-MIM ve-a-KHAR KEN ta-VO e-le-HA u-ve-al-TAH ve-ha-ye-TA le-KHA le-ish-HA
Exegesis
The next clauses, veyashvah {וְיָשְׁבָה | vä·yā·šə·ḇāh} “and she shall dwell” and uvakhtah {וּבָכְתָה | ū·ḇā·ḵə·ṯāh} “and she shall weep,” describe her residence in beveitekha {בְּבֵיתֶךָ | bə·wê·ṯê·kā} “in your house” followed by lament.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:13
Then she shall take off the garment of her captivity and remain in your house; she shall weep for her father and her mother a full month . After that, you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be to you as a wife.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 21:13, so the Hebrew word וְיָֽשְׁבָה֙ (veyashva) 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.21.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.13.W5.S1) and character.