Judges 21:23:15Judg.21.23.W15TAB
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ
vayeshevu
“and they lived or dwelt”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-she-vu
- Extended
- vah-YEH-sheh-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːʃəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they lived or dwelt
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-she-vu
- clause
va-YE-le-khu va-ya-SHU-vu el-na-kha-la-TAM va-yiv-NU et-he-a-RIM va-YE-she-vu ba-HEM
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU-KHEN be-NEI bin-ya-MIN va-yis-E-U na-SHIM le-mis-pa-RAM min-ha-me-kho-le-LOT a-SHER ga-ZA-lu va-YE-le-khu va-ya-SHU-vu el-na-kha-la-TAM va-yiv-NU et-he-a-RIM va-YE-she-vu ba-HEM
Exegesis
A rapid series of vav-consecutive verbs—wayyaʼêleḵû {וַיֵּלְכוּ | wayyaʼêlĕ-kû}, wayyašūvû {וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ | wayyašūvû}, wayyibnû {וַיִּבְנוּ֙ | wayyaib-nû}, wayyašēvû {וַיֵּשׁ֖בוּ | wayyašēvû}—moves from departure, return, construction, to settlement.
Root and etymology
Rooty-sh-b
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Judges 21:23
So the sons of Benjamin took women according to their number from the dancers whom they had captured, and then they returned to their inheritance . They rebuilt the cities and settled in them.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 21:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (vayeshevu) 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.21.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.23.W15.S1) and character.