Joshua 19:12:1Josh.19.12.W1TAB
וְשָׁ֣ב
veshav
“and it turned”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAV
- Extended
- veh-SHAHV
- IPA
- /vəˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it turned
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHAV mi-sa-REED
- clause
ve-SHAV mi-sa-REED ked-MAH miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh al-ge-VOOL kis-LOT ta-VOR
- sentence
ve-SHAV mi-sa-REED ked-MAH miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh al-ge-VOOL kis-LOT ta-VOR ve-ya-TSA el-had-DAV-rat ve-a-LAH ya-FI-a
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve-shav {וְשָׁ֣ב | wə-šāḇ} ‘and it turned’, employing the waw consecutive plus Qal perfect to signal sequential action in a territorial listing.
Root and etymology
shin–vav–betshin–vav–bet
“to turn”
In context — Joshua 19:12
And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise , on the border of Kisloth Tabor; then it went out to Daberath and ascended to Japhi’a.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:12, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֣ב (veshav) 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 Josh.19.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.12.W1.S1) and character.