Joshua 19:27:1Josh.19.27.W1TAB
וְשָׁ֨ב
veshav
“and it returns”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAV
- Extended
- veh-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vəˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it returns
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 miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
ve-SHAV miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh beit da-GON u-pa-GA biz-vo-LUN uv-GEI yif-TAKH-EL tsa-fo-NA beit ha-E-mek u-ne-i-EL
- sentence
ve-SHAV miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh beit da-GON u-pa-GA biz-vo-LUN uv-GEI yif-TAKH-EL tsa-fo-NA beit ha-E-mek u-ne-i-EL ve-ya-TSA el-KA-vul mis-SMOL
Exegesis
The narrative uses vav-consecutive verbs—veshav {וְשָׁ֨ב | wə-šā-v} ‘and it turned,’ ufaga‘ {וּפָגַ֣ע | u-pā-ga‘} ‘and it touched,’ and veyatsa {וְיָצָ֥א | wə-yā-ṣā’} ‘and it went out’—to sequence boundary actions.
Root and etymology
shin–vav–betshin–vav–bet
“to turn”
In context — Joshua 19:27
And it turned eastward of the sun to Beth Dagon, and it touched Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-El northward, Beth Ha’emek and Neiel, and it went out to Kabul on the left.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:27, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֨ב (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.19.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.27.W1.S1) and character.