Numbers 33:7:3Num.33.7.W3TAB

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙

vayashav

“and turned back”

Transliteration: va-ya-SHAV
Extended: vah-yah-SHAAV
IPA: /vajjaˈʃaːv/

Meaning by language

English: and turned back

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Result

וַ + יָּ֙ + שָׁב֙

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va + ya + shav

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vayashav

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
clause
va-yis-U me-e-TAM va-ya-SHAV al-PI ha-khi-ROT a-SHER al-pe-NEI BA-al tse-FON
sentence
va-yis-U me-e-TAM va-ya-SHAV al-PI ha-khi-ROT a-SHER al-pe-NEI BA-al tse-FON va-ya-kha-NU lif-NEI mig-DOL

Exegesis

The initial wayyisʾû {וַיִּסְעוּ֙ | wayyisʾû} ‘and they journeyed’ denotes departure from Etham, followed by wayyāšāḇ {וַיָּשָׁב֙ | wayyāšāḇ} ‘and they turned back,’ indicating reversal of direction.

In context — Numbers 33:7

And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahiroth , which is before Baal Zephon , and they encamped before Migdol.

About this coordinate

Numbers 33:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 33:7, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (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.33.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.7.W3.S1) and character.

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