Exodus 4:18:3Exod.4.18.W3PAT

וַיָּ֣שָׁב

vayashav

and returned

Transliteration
va-YA-shav
Extended
vah-YAA-shahv
IPA
/vaj.ˈjaː.ʃaːv/

Meaning by language

English
and returned
French
et retourna
Spanish
y volvió
Portuguese
e voltou
German
und kehrte zurück
Russian
и возвратился
Arabic-Simplified
ورجع
Hindi
और लौटा
Chinese-Simplified
又回去
Korean
그리고 돌아갔다
Indonesian
dan kembali
Bengali
আর ফিরে গেল
Tagalog
at bumalik
Swahili
akarudi
Amharic
እና ተመለሰ
Yoruba
ó sì padà
Igbo
o wee laghachi
Twi
na ɔsan kɔe
Ewe
eye trɔ

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Result
וַ + יָּ֣ + שָׁב
va + ya + shav
vayashav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YA-shav

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YA-shav el-YE-ter khot-NO

  3. clause

    va-YE-lekh mo-SHEH va-YA-shav el-YE-ter khot-NO va-YO-mer LO e-la-KHA NA ve-a-SHU-va el-a-KHAI a-sher-be-mits-RA-yim ve-er-EH ha-o-DAM khai-YIM

  4. sentence

    va-YE-lekh mo-SHEH va-YA-shav el-YE-ter khot-NO va-YO-mer LO e-la-KHA NA ve-a-SHU-va el-a-KHAI a-sher-be-mits-RA-yim ve-er-EH ha-o-DAM khai-YIM va-YO-mer yit-RO le-mo-SHEH LEKH le-sha-LOM

In contextExodus 4:18

and went Moses and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him let me go please and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive and said Jethro to Moses go in peace

About this coordinate

Exodus 4:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 4:18, 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 Exod.4.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.18.W3.S1) and character.