Hosea 13:6:2Hos.13.6.W2TAB
וַיִּשְׂבְּע֔וּ
vayisbeu
“and they were satisfied”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-be-U
- Extended
- vah-yihs-beh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jis.bəˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they were satisfied
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-be-U
- clause
ke-mar-i-TAM va-yis-be-U sa-VU va-yig-ga-A-RAM li-BAM
- sentence
ke-mar-i-TAM va-yis-be-U sa-VU va-yig-ga-A-RAM li-BAM al-KEN she-khe-KHU-NI
Exegesis
It is followed by a vav-consecutive chain of wayyiqtol verbs: vayyishbau {וַיִּשְׂבָּעוּ | way-yiš-ba-ʿû} ‘and they were satisfied’ and sabu {שָׂבְעוּ | śa-ḇaʿ} ‘they were filled’, conveying cumulative fullness.
Root and etymology
ś-b-ʿ
“to be full, satisfied”
In context — Hosea 13:6
As they fed on pasture , they were satisfied; they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot Me.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Hosea 13:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂבְּע֔וּ (vayisbeu) 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 Hos.13.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.6.W2.S1) and character.