Numbers 23:6:1Num.23.6.W1TAB
וַיָּ֣שָׁב
vayashav
“and he returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SHAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʃav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he returned
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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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV e-LAV
- clause
va-ya-SHAV e-LAV ve-hi-NEH nit-TSA V al-o-LA-to
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV e-LAV ve-hi-NEH nit-TSA V al-o-LA-to HU ve-khol-sa-REI mo-AV
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav-consecutive in va-yaššāḇ {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyaššāḇ} ‘and he returned’ to advance the narrative, followed by the directional preposition ʾēlāyw {אֵלָיו | ʾēlāyw} ‘to him.’
In context — Numbers 23:6
And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the officials of Moab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:6, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣שָׁב (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.23.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.6.W1.S1) and character.