Jeremiah 23:8:17Jer.23.8.W17TAB
וְיָשְׁב֖וּ
veyashvu
“and they will dwell”
- Transliteration
- ve-yash-VU
- Extended
- veh-yaash-VOO
- IPA
- /vəjaːʃəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will dwell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-yash-VU
- clause
ve-yash-VU al-ad-ma-TAM
- sentence
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA va-a-SHER he-VI et-ZE-ra BET yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FO-na u-mik-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-DAKH-tim SHAM ve-yash-VU al-ad-ma-TAM
Exegesis
The conjunction and verb wə-yāšbû {וְיָשְׁבוּ | wə-yāš-bû} mark a future promise of dwelling, and the prepositional phrase ʿal-ʾădmāṯām encapsulates the restoration theme. This structure foregrounds divine initiative and covenantal faithfulness in regathering Israel.
Root and etymology
y-š-byod–shin–bet
“to dwell, reside”
In context — Jeremiah 23:8
Rather, as long as the LORD lives—He who raised up and guided the seed of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from every region to which I had driven them—they shall reside in their own land.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Jeremiah 23:8, so the Hebrew word וְיָשְׁב֖וּ (veyashvu) 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 Jer.23.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.8.W17.S1) and character.