Deuteronomy 2:21:10Deut.2.21.W10PAT

וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ

vayeshvu

settle

Transliteration
va-yesh-VU
Extended
vah-yesh-VOO
IPA
/vaj.jeːʃˈvuː/

Meaning by language

English
settle
French
habiter
Spanish
habitar
Portuguese
habitar
German
wohnen
Russian
поселиться
Arabic-Simplified
سكن
Hindi
बसना
Chinese-Simplified
居住
Korean
거주하다
Indonesian
tinggal
Bengali
বসবাস করা
Tagalog
tumira
Swahili
kuishi
Amharic
መኖር
Yoruba
gbé
Igbo
ibi
Twi
tena
Ewe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּשְׁ + ב֥וּ
va + yesh + vu
vayeshvu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yesh-VU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yesh-VU takh-TAM

  3. clause

    va-yash-mi-DEM Ye-ho-VAH mip-NE-HEM va-yi-ra-SHUM va-yesh-VU takh-TAM

  4. sentence

    AM ga-DOL ve-RAV va-RAM ka-a-na-KIM va-yash-mi-DEM Ye-ho-VAH mip-NE-HEM va-yi-ra-SHUM va-yesh-VU takh-TAM

In contextDeuteronomy 2:21

people great and many and tall like Anakim LORD destroy from before them dispossess settle in their place

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 2:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 2:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ (vayeshvu) 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 Deut.2.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.2.21.W10.S1) and character.