Joshua 19:34:1Josh.19.34.W1TAB
וְשָׁ֨ב
veshav
“and turned”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAV
- Extended
- veh-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vəˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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Word in context
- word
ve-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHAV hag-VOOL ya-MAH
- clause
ve-SHAV hag-VOOL ya-MAH az-NOT ta-VOR ve-ya-TSA mi-SHAM khu-ko-KAH
- sentence
ve-SHAV hag-VOOL ya-MAH az-NOT ta-VOR ve-ya-TSA mi-SHAM khu-ko-KAH u-pa-GA biz-voo-LOON mi-NE-gev uv-e-A-sher pa-GA mi-YAM u-vi-hu-DAH ha-yar-DEN miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh
Exegesis
The verse employs a series of consecutive vav + Qal perfect verbs veshav {וְשָׁ֨ב | wə-šāḇ} ‘returned’, veyatza {וְיָצָ֥א | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘went out’, and ufaga {וּפָגַ֨ע | ū-pā-ğaʿ} ‘reached’ to map the boundary’s progression.
Root and etymology
shin–vav–betshin–vav–bet
“to turn”
In context — Joshua 19:34
The border returned westward to Aznoth-Tabor and went out from there to Chukkok, and it reached in Zebulun from the south, and in Asher it reached from the west, and in Judah at the Jordan toward the east .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:34, 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.19.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.34.W1.S1) and character.