Genesis 14:16:1Gen.14.16.W1TAB
וַיָּ֕שֶׁב
vayashev
“{And} he brought back”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHEHV
- IPA
- /waj.jaː.ˈʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he brought back
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHEV
- clause
va-ya-SHEV ET kol-ha-re-KHUSH
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV ET kol-ha-re-KHUSH ve-GAM et-LOT a-KHIV u-re-khu-SHO he-SHIV ve-GAM et-han-na-SHIM ve-et-ha-AM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative preterite vayashev {וַיָּשֶׁב | way-yā-šeb} ‘and he brought back’, a Hiphil wayyiqtol form that advances the storyline and presents Abram’s action as decisive.
Root and etymology
y-š-ḇ
“to sit, dwell, inhabit”
In context — Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the possessions , and also brought back his kinsman Lot and his possessions. He also brought back the women and the people.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 14:16, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֕שֶׁב (vayashev) 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 Gen.14.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.16.W1.S1) and character.