Judges 21:14:1Judg.21.14.W1TAB
וַיָּ֤שָׁב
vayashav
“and returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV bin-ya-MIN
- clause
va-ya-SHAV bin-ya-MIN ba-ET ha-HI va-yit-NU la-HEM ha-na-SHIM a-SHER khi-YU min-ne-SHE ya-VESH gil-AD
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV bin-ya-MIN ba-ET ha-HI va-yit-NU la-HEM ha-na-SHIM a-SHER khi-YU min-ne-SHE ya-VESH gil-AD ve-LO-ma-tse-U la-HEM KEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vay-yashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} ‘and he returned’, signaling sequential narrative action.
Root and etymology
y-š-byod–shin–bet
“to return, dwell, sit”
In context — Judges 21:14
So Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh Gilead. But they did not find enough for them.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 21:14, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֤שָׁב (vayashav) 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.21.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.14.W1.S1) and character.