Numbers 20:1:7Num.20.1.W7TAB
וַיֵּשֶׁב הָעָם
vayeshev haam
“and the people stayed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHEV ha-AM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEHV hah-AHM
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːʃɛv haˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the people stayed
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHEV ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON va-ye-SHEV ha-AM be-ka-DESH va-ta-MAT SHAM mir-YAM va-ti-ka-VER SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL KOL-ha-ei-DAH mid-BAR-TSIN ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON va-ye-SHEV ha-AM be-ka-DESH va-ta-MAT SHAM mir-YAM va-ti-ka-VER SHAM
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive vayeshev {וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב | wayyēšeḇ} ‘and he dwelt’ with the subject ha’am {הָעָ֖ם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ in be-kadesh {בְּקָדֵ֑שׁ | bə-qādeš} ‘at Kadesh’ indicates the people’s settlement.
Root and etymology
י־שׁ־ב
“to dwell”
In context — Numbers 20:1
Then the sons of Israel, the whole assembly , entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 20:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשֶׁב הָעָם (vayeshev haam) 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.20.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.1.W7.S1) and character.