Genesis 20:14:9Gen.20.14.W9TAB
וַיָּ֣שֶׁב
vayashev
“{And} he restored”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-shev
- Extended
- vah-YAA-shev
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjaː.ʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he restored
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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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Word in context
- word
va-YA-shev
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-shev LO
- clause
va-YA-shev LO ET sa-RA ish-TO
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-vi-ME-lekh TSON u-va-KAR va-a-va-DIM u-she-fa-KHOT va-yit-TEN le-av-ra-HAM va-YA-shev LO ET sa-RA ish-TO
Exegesis
The verse sequences three wayyiqtol verbs—vayikkach {וַיִּקַּח | wayyiq-qaḥ} “and he took,” vayiten {וַיִּתֵּן | way-yit-tēn} “and he gave,” and vayyashev {וַיָּשֶׁב | way-yā-šeb} “and he restored”—to narrate successive past actions.
Root and etymology
y-š-bYod–Shin–Bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Genesis 20:14
Then Abimelech took sheep , cattle, and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham. He also restored Sarah his wife to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 20:14, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣שֶׁב (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.20.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.14.W9.S1) and character.