Joshua 19:50:13Josh.19.50.W13TAB
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
vayeshev
“and he settled”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he settled
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-SHEV BAH
- clause
va-yiv-NEH et-ha-IR va-ye-SHEV BAH
- sentence
al-PI Ye-ho-VAH nat-NU LO et-ha-IR a-SHER sha-AL et-TIM-nat-SE-rakh be-HAR ef-RA-yim va-yiv-NEH et-ha-IR va-ye-SHEV BAH
Exegesis
The narrative sequence is indicated by the Vav-consecutive verbs va-yivneh {וַיִּבְנֶה | wayyiḇneh} ‘and he built’ and va-yeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | wayyešeḇ} ‘and he settled’, with each et {אֶת | ʾet} marking its object, preserving the Hebrew word order and emphasis on divine command and fulfillment through settlement.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to dwell, sit”
In context — Joshua 19:50
According to the command of the LORD , they gave him the city he asked for, Timnath-Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, and he built the city and lived in it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:50:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 19:50, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (vayeshev) 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.19.50.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.50.W13.S1) and character.