Leviticus 22:13:9Lev.22.13.W9TAB
וְשָׁבָ֞ה
veshava
“and returns”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-VA
- Extended
- veh-shah-VAA
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and returns
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sha-VA
- clause
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL
- sentence
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL ve-khol-ZAR lo-yo-KHAL BO
Exegesis
The sequence vê-šā-bâh ʾel-bêt ʾā-vî-hâ kên-ʿû-rê-hâ {וְשָׁבָ֞ה אֶל־בֵּ֤ית אָבִ֙יהָ֙ כִּנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ | vê-šā-bâh ʾel-bêt ʾā-vî-hâ kên-ʿû-rê-hâ} ‘and she returns to her father’s house as in her youth’ employs the comparative element kî within kên-ʿû-rê-hâ.
In context — Leviticus 22:13
If a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced and has no offspring and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat of it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 22:13, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁבָ֞ה (veshava) 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.22.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.13.W9.S1) and character.