Joshua 21:43:10Josh.21.43.W10TAB
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ
vayeshvu
“and they dwelt”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHVU
- Extended
- vah-yeesh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈʃvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they dwelt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHVU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-SHVU BAH
- clause
va-yi-ra-SHU-ha va-ye-SHVU BAH
- sentence
va-yi-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL ET-kol-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA la-TET la-a-vo-TAM va-yi-ra-SHU-ha va-ye-SHVU BAH
Exegesis
Subsequent vav-consecutives, vayirashuha {וַיִּרָשׁ֖וּהָ | wayyi-rāšû-hā} ‘and they took possession of it’ and vayeishevuba {וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בָּהּ | wayyēšəḇû bah} ‘and they settled there’, depict fulfillment.
In context — Joshua 21:43
And the LORD gave Israel all the land that He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took it as their possession and lived in it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:43:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 21:43, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (vayeshvu) 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.21.43.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.43.W10.S1) and character.