וַ/יֵּשְׁב֖וּ

𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅

vayeshevu

dwelt

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

H3427

Judges 21:23 · Word #19

Lexicon H3427

Lemmaיָשַׁב
Lemma (Paleo)𐤉𐤔𐤁
Transliterationyâshab
Strong'sH3427
In-contextdwelt

Morphology HC/Vqw3mp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H3427-85

and they settled down

Rootישב (y-š-b)
Core Meaningssitting, dwelling, remaining, settling, abiding
Semantic Rangeto sit down, to dwell, to remain, to inhabit, to abide, to settle, to establish residence, to stay
Conceptual Significanceישב often marks transition from movement to settlement, highlighting themes of rest, inheritance, stability, and covenantal dwelling in the land. It can signal fulfillment of divine promise when Israel "settles" in a place granted by YHWH.
Morphological NotesQal stem, wayyiqtol (waw-consecutive imperfect) 3rd masculine plural; narrative past tense with prefixed וַ; denotes completed action by a masculine plural subject.
Rendering RationaleThe root ישב fundamentally conveys the act of sitting or settling, which extends to dwelling or remaining in a place. The Qal wayyiqtol 3rd masculine plural form indicates a simple active past narrative action, hence "and they settled down," preserving both the narrative sequence introduced by the waw and the masculine plural subject.

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Words from Root ישב (sitting, dwelling, remaining, settling, abiding)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H4186-01 bemoshevotam in their dwelling-places
H3427-01 beshevet in dwelling
H3427-03 beshivetekha in your sitting down

Word Usage (1092 occurrences of H3427)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 4:16 וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב vayeshev dwelt
Genesis 4:20 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yoshev those who dwell
Genesis 11:2 וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּ vayeshevu and they settled
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