Ezekiel 20:1:13Ezek.20.1.W13TAB
וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ
vayeshvu
“and they sat”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHVU
- Extended
- vah-yee-SHEH-voo
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHVU
- clause
va-ye-SHVU le-fa-NAI
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT ba-kha-mi-SHI be-a-SOR la-KHO-desh ba-U a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH va-ye-SHVU le-fa-NAI
Exegesis
The verse concludes with vayeshvu lefanai {וַיֵּשְׁבוּ לְפָנַי | wa-yē-šə-ḇû lə-fā-nāy} ‘and they sat before me,’ a Hebrew idiom denoting audience with the prophetic presence. This rendering preserves the Hebrew wayyiqtol structure while ordering temporal and purpose clauses for clarity.
Root and etymology
y-sh-vyod–shin–bet
“sit, dwell”
In context — Ezekiel 20:1
And it happened in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that men from the elders of Israel came to seek the LORD , and they sat before me .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 20:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּ (vayeshvu) 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 Ezek.20.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.1.W13.S1) and character.