Exodus 14:2:4Exod.14.2.W4TAB
וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ
veyashuvu
“turn back”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- veh-yah-SHOO-voo
- IPA
- /və.jaː.ˈʃu.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- turn back
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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ya-SHU-vu
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ya-SHU-vu ve-ya-kha-NU lif-NEI PI ha-khi-ROT BEIN mig-DOL u-VEIN ha-YAM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ya-SHU-vu ve-ya-kha-NU lif-NEI PI ha-khi-ROT BEIN mig-DOL u-VEIN ha-YAM lif-NEI BA-al tse-FON nikh-KHO ta-kha-NU al-ha-YAM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive forms veyashuvu and veyachanu {וְיָשֻׁבוּ וְיַחֲנוּ | wə-yāšūvū wə-yaḥănû} sequence commands ‘and let them turn back and encamp’.
In context — Exodus 14:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them turn back and encamp before Pi Hahiroth , between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon; opposite it, you shall encamp by the sea.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:2, so the Hebrew word וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ (veyashuvu) 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 Exod.14.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.2.W4.S1) and character.