Numbers 21:1:13Num.21.1.W13TAB
וַיִּ֥שְׁבְּ
vayishbe
“and he took captive”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-BE
- Extended
- vah-yish-BEH
- IPA
- /vajˈjiʃbə/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he took captive
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-BE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-BE mi-men-NU
- clause
va-yil-la-KHEM be-yis-ra-EL va-yish-BE mi-men-NU she-VI
- sentence
va-yish-MA hak-ke-na-a-NI ME-lekh-a-RAD yo-SHEV han-NE-gev KI BA yis-ra-EL DE-rekh ha-a-ta-RIM va-yil-la-KHEM be-yis-ra-EL va-yish-BE mi-men-NU she-VI
Exegesis
The sequential vav verbs vayilachem {וַיִּלָּ֙חֶם֙ | wā-yil-la-ḥem} “and he fought” and vayishbe {וַיִּ֥שְׁבְּ | wā-yish-be} “and he took captive” coordinate military actions, with mimennu {מִמֶּ֖נּוּ | mi-mə-nû} “from them” and shevi {שֶֽׁבִי׃ | she-bî} “captives” specifying the object. English renders these clauses as coordinated past tense actions for narrative clarity.
Root and etymology
y-š-byod-shin-bet
“to dwell, settle”
In context — Numbers 21:1
When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some captives.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 21:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֥שְׁבְּ (vayishbe) 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.21.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.1.W13.S1) and character.