Leviticus 14:39:1Lev.14.39.W1TAB
וְשָׁ֥ב
veshav
“returned”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAV
- Extended
- veh-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vəˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- returned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHAV ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-SHAV ha-ko-HEN ba-YOM hash-she-vee-EE
- sentence
ve-SHAV ha-ko-HEN ba-YOM hash-she-vee-EE ve-ra-AA ve-hin-NEH pa-SA han-NE-ga be-kee-ROT ha-BA-yit
Exegesis
The verse commences with ve-shav {וְשָׁ֥ב | wə-šāḇ} ‘and he returned’, where the vav-consecutive signals sequential narrative action.
In context — Leviticus 14:39
And the priest will return on the seventh day, and he will see; behold, the affliction has spread on the walls of the house.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:39, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֥ב (veshav) 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 Lev.14.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.39.W1.S1) and character.