Judges 20:47:9Judg.20.47.W9TAB

וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙

vayeshvu

and they stayed

Transliteration
va-yesh-VU
Extended
vah-yeesh-VUU
IPA
/vaj.jeːʃˈvuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they stayed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּֽשְׁ + בוּ֙
va + yesh + vu
vayeshvu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yesh-VU

  2. clause

    va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM

  3. sentence

    va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON SHESH me-OT ISH va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM

In contextJudges 20:47

But six hundred men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwelled at the rock of Rimmon for four months .

About this coordinate

Judges 20:47:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 20:47, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ (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 Judg.20.47.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.47.W9.S1) and character.