Genesis 40:21:1Gen.40.21.W1TAB
וַיָּ֛שֶׁב
vayashev
“he restored”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-shev
- Extended
- vah-YAA-shehv
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjaː.ʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- clause
va-YA-shev et-SAR ham-mash-KIM al-mash-KE-hu
- sentence
va-YA-shev et-SAR ham-mash-KIM al-mash-KE-hu va-yit-TEN ha-KOS al-KAF par-OH
Exegesis
The verse is a single narrative sentence built with two sequential wayyiqtol verbs, vayyashev {וַיָּשֶׁב | wayyāšeb} and vayyiten {וַיִּתֵּן | wayyittēn}, each introduced by the vav consecutive to signal successive actions.
The first clause, vayyashev et sar hamashqim ʿal mashqehu {וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת־שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים עַל־מַשְׁקֵהוּ}, uses the Hiphil to express causative restoration of the official to his former position. The prepositional phrase ʿal mashqehu functions as a marker of reinstatement “to” his domain of service.
In context — Genesis 40:21
And he restored the chief of the cupbearers to his cupbearing, and he placed the cup upon Pharaoh’s hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 40:21, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֛שֶׁב (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.40.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.21.W1.S1) and character.