Numbers 14:36:6Num.14.36.W6TAB
וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ
vayashuvu
“and they returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHOO-voo
- IPA
- /vajjaˈʃuːvu/
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 va-ya-LI-nu a-LAV ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH le-ho-TZI di-BAH al-ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-SHA-lakh mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-ha-A-retz va-ya-SHU-vu va-ya-LI-nu a-LAV ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH le-ho-TZI di-BAH al-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The narrative continues with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ | way-yā-šū-vū} ‘and they returned,’ followed by the Hiphil imperfect vayallinu {וילונו | way-yal-lî-nû} ‘and they stirred up,’ where the causative form indicates initiation of dissent and alav {עָלָיו֙ | ʿā-lāyw} ‘against him’ specifies Moses as the target.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–bet
“to dwell, settle”
In context — Numbers 14:36
And the men whom Moses had sent to explore the land returned and provoked all the congregation to complain against him by spreading a bad report about the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 14:36, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ (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.14.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.36.W6.S1) and character.