Numbers 13:25:1Num.13.25.W1TAB
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ
vayashuvu
“And they returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- vah-ya-SHUH-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʃuːvu/
Meaning by language
- English
- And they returned
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| 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-ya-SHU-vu
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu mi-TUR ha-A-retz
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu mi-TUR ha-A-retz mi-KETS ar-ba-IM YOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁבוּ | way-ya-šû-vu} indicating a sequential past action.
In context — Numbers 13:25
And they returned from exploring the land at the end of forty days .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:25, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (vayashuvu) 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 Num.13.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.25.W1.S1) and character.