Judges 15:19:9Judg.15.19.W9TAB

וַתָּ֥שָׁב

vatashav

“and returned”

Transliteration: va-ta-SHAV
Extended: vah-tah-SHAAV
IPA: /vat.taːˈʃaːv/

Meaning by language

English: and returned

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + תָּ֥ + שָׁב

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va + ta + shav

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vatashav

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	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
va-ta-SHAV
phraseyour reading level
va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO
clause
va-yiv-KA e-lo-HIM et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim va-YESH-te va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO va-ye-KHI
sentence
va-yiv-KA e-lo-HIM et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim va-YESH-te va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO va-ye-KHI al-KEN ka-RA she-MA EN ha-ko-RE a-SHER bal-le-KHI AD ha-YOM ha-ZE

Exegesis

The verbs vayishte {וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ | wayyištê} ‘and he drank’ and vattashav {וַתָּ֥שָׁב | wəṭṭāšāḇ} ‘and it returned’ shift focus to Samson’s ruach {רוּחוֹ | rūḥô} ‘spirit,’ culminating in vayechi {וַיֶּ֑חִי | wayyēḥî} ‘and he lived.’

In context — Judges 15:19

And God split open the hollow place at Lehi, and water issued from it. He drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he named it Spring of the Caller, which remains in Lehi to this day.

About this coordinate

Judges 15:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 15:19, so the Hebrew word וַתָּ֥שָׁב (vatashav) 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 Judg.15.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.19.W9.S1) and character.

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