Numbers 22:8:13Num.22.8.W13TAB
וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ
vayeshevu
“so they stayed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHE-vu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEH-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈʃvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- so they stayed
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHE-vu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-SHE-vu sa-REI-MO-av
- clause
va-ye-SHE-vu sa-REI-MO-av im-BIL-am
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM li-NU PO ha-LAI-la va-ha-shi-VO-ti et-KHEM da-VAR ka-a-SHER ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI va-ye-SHE-vu sa-REI-MO-av im-BIL-am
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with the past vav-consecutive vayeishev sarei-moav im bilam {וַיֵּשְׁבּוּ שָׂרֵי־מוֹאָב עִם־בִּלְעָם | va-ye-šêv-bhū śā-rê mō-ʾāḇ ʿim bil-ʿām}, employing a subject-verb-object order to highlight the Moabite leaders’ patient waiting. This syntactic sequence underscores the theological tension between promised revelation and communal anticipation.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod-shin-bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Numbers 22:8
And he said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will return a word to you as the LORD will speak to me.” Then the princes of Moab remained with Balaam.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 22:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ (vayeshevu) 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.22.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.8.W13.S1) and character.