Judges 17:3:1Judg.17.3.W1TAB
וַיָּ֛שֶׁב
vayashev
“and he returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHEV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he returned
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-ya-SHEV
- clause
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive in vayashev {וַיָּשֶׁב | wayyāšeb} “and he returned,” driving the narrative forward.
In context — Judges 17:3
And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֛שֶׁב (vayashev) 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.17.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W1.S1) and character.