Genesis 21:32:9Gen.21.32.W9TAB
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ
vayashuvu
“returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHOO-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaː.ˈʃu.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- returned
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHU-vu
- clause
va-ya-KAM a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O va-ya-SHU-vu el-E-rets pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-yikh-re-TU ve-RIT bi-ve-ER sha-VA va-ya-KAM a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O va-ya-SHU-vu el-E-rets pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through a series of vav-consecutive narrative verbs: vayikretu {וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ | wayyiḵrəṯû} ‘and they cut/made’, marking the agreement’s formation, followed by vayakam {וַיָּ֣קָם | way-yā-qām} ‘and he rose up’, shifting focus to Abimelech, and then vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ | way-yā-šu-ḇû} ‘and they returned’, which broadens the subject to include both leaders.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell, settle”
In context — Genesis 21:32
They established a covenant at Beersheba , and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines .
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 21:32, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (vayashuvu) 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.21.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.32.W9.S1) and character.