Isaiah 6:13:4Isa.6.13.W4TAB
וְשָׁ֖בָה
veshava
“and it will return”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-VA
- Extended
- veh-shah-VAA
- IPA
- /wəʃaːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will return
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sha-VA
- clause
ve-OD BAH a-si-ri-YA ve-sha-VA ve-ha-ye-TA le-va-ER
- sentence
ve-OD BAH a-si-ri-YA ve-sha-VA ve-ha-ye-TA le-va-ER ka-e-LA ve-kha-a-LON a-SHER be-shal-LE-khet ma-TSE-vet BAM ZE-ra KO-desh ma-tsav-TAH
Exegesis
The noun asiriya {עֲשִׂרִיָּ֔ה | ʿă-sî-rî-yāh} ‘a tenth’ introduces the remnant motif, followed by the vav consecutive perfects ve-shavah {וְשָׁ֖בָה | wə-šā-wāh} ‘and it will return’ and ve-hayetah {וְהָיְתָ֣ה | wə-hā-yĕ-tāh} ‘and it will be’ plus the infinitive construct leva`er {לְבָעֵ֑ר | lə-ḇā-ʾēr} ‘for burning’ to express recurring destruction.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–vav–bet
“to turn back, to return”
In context — Isaiah 6:13
Even if a tenth remains in it, it will again return and be consumed; like the terebinth and the oak, whose stumps remain after they are felled, so the holy seed will be its stump.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 6:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 6:13, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֖בָה (veshava) 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 Isa.6.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.6.13.W4.S1) and character.