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
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yesh-VU
- clause
va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
- 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 context — Judges 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.