Judges 19:4:5Judg.19.4.W5TAB
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
vayeshev
“and he stayed”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-shev
- Extended
- vah-YEH-shehv
- IPA
- /vajˈjeː.ʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stayed
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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Word in context
- word
va-YE-shev
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-shev i-TO
- clause
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM va-yo-khe-LU va-yish-TU va-ya-LI-nu SHAM
Exegesis
The verb vayyeshev ito {וַיֵּשֶׁב אִתּוֹ | wa-ye-šeb ʾit-tô} then introduces the sojourn, with the construct numeral sheloshet yamim {שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים | še-lō-šeṯ yā-mîm} marking the duration.
In context — Judges 19:4
And his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, urged him, so he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 19:4, 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 Judg.19.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.4.W5.S1) and character.