Judges 19:15:7Judg.19.15.W7TAB
וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙
vayeshev
“and he sat”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sat
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHEV
- clause
va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN
- sentence
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM la-VO la-LUN ba-giv-A va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts to singular perspective with wayyāḇōʼ {וַיָּבֹא | way-yā-ḇōʼ} ‘and he came’ and wayyēšeḇ {וַיֵּשֶׁב | way-yē-šeḇ} ‘and he sat’, focusing on the principal actor.
In context — Judges 19:15
So they turned aside there to enter and lodge in Gibeah , and he went and sat in the open square of the city, but there was no man to receive them into his house to lodge.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 19:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ (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 Judg.19.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.15.W7.S1) and character.