Numbers 16:50:1Num.16.50.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:15
וַיָּשָׁב
vayashav
“and returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yaah-SHAV
- IPA
- /vajːaˈʃav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV a-ha-RON
- clause
va-ya-SHAV a-ha-RON el-MO-sheh el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV a-ha-RON el-MO-sheh el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED ve-ha-ma-ge-FAH ne-e-tsa-RAH
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} ‘and he returned’, signaling sequential progression by Aaron.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־ב
“to turn back”
In context — Numbers 16:50
And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the plague was restrained.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:50:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:50, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשָׁב (vayashav) 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.16.50.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.50.W1.S1) and character.