Exodus 18:13:3Exod.18.13.W3TAB
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
vayehshev
“and he sat”
- Transliteration
- va-YEH-shev
- Extended
- vah-YEH-shehv
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-YEH-shev
- phraseyour reading level
va-YEH-shev mo-SHEH
- clause
va-ye-HI mih-MA-khoh-RAT va-YEH-shev mo-SHEH lish-POT ET-ha-AM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mih-MA-khoh-RAT va-YEH-shev mo-SHEH lish-POT ET-ha-AM va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM al-mo-SHEH min-ha-BO-ker ad-ha-a-REV
Exegesis
A sequence of wayyiqtol verbs, vayeshev {וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב | way-yê-šeḇ} ‘and he sat’ and later vayaamod {וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד | way-ya-ʿă-mōḏ} ‘and he stood’, frame Moses’s judicial activity and the people’s response.
In context — Exodus 18:13
And on the following day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and the people remained standing before Moses from morning until the evening .
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 18:13, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (vayehshev) 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.18.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.13.W3.S1) and character.