Genesis 20:1:6Gen.20.1.W6TAB
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
vayeshev
“lived”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-shev
- Extended
- vah-YEH-shehv
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjeː.ʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- lived
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-YE-shev
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-shev bein-ka-DESH
- clause
va-yis-SA mi-SHAM av-ra-HAM ar-TSA ha-NE-gev va-YE-shev bein-ka-DESH u-VEIN SHUR
- sentence
va-yis-SA mi-SHAM av-ra-HAM ar-TSA ha-NE-gev va-YE-shev bein-ka-DESH u-VEIN SHUR va-ya-GAR bi-ge-RAR
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequence of wayyiqtol verbs—vayissa {וַיִּסַּע | way-yis-saʿ} ‘and he journeyed’, vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | way-yē-šeḇ} ‘and he settled’, and vayagar {וַיָּגָר | way-yā-gār} ‘and he sojourned’—to portray Abraham’s successive movements.
Root and etymology
y-š-bYod–Shin–Bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Genesis 20:1
And Abraham set out from there toward the Negev, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he stayed as a sojourner in Gerar.
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 20:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (vayeshev) 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.20.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.1.W6.S1) and character.