1 Chronicles 13:6:151 Chr.13.6.W15TAB

יוֹשֵׁ֥ב

yoshev

who sits

Transliteration
yo-SHEV
Extended
yoh-SHEHV
IPA
/joːˈʃeːv/

Meaning by language

English
who sits

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Result
יוֹ + שֵׁ֥ב
yo + shev
yoshev

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    yo-SHEV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    yo-SHEV ha-ke-ru-VIM

  3. clause

    le-ha-a-LOT mish-SHAM ET a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ho-VAH yo-SHEV ha-ke-ru-VIM a-sher-nik-RA SHEM

  4. sentence

    va-YA-al da-VID ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL ba-a-la-TA el-kir-YAT ye-a-RIM a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA le-ha-a-LOT mish-SHAM ET a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ho-VAH yo-SHEV ha-ke-ru-VIM a-sher-nik-RA SHEM

Exegesis

The participle yoshev {יוֹשֵׁב | yōšēḇ} with ha-keruvim {הַכְּרוּבִים | ha-kərûḇîm} is understood locatively as “dwells above the cherubim.”

Root and etymology

Rooty–š–b

to sit, dwell

In context1 Chronicles 13:6

And David and all Israel went up to Baalah—Kiryath-Yearim in Judah—to bring up from there the ark of God , which is called by the Name—the Name of the LORD , who dwells above the cherubim.

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 13:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Chronicles 13:6, so the Hebrew word יוֹשֵׁ֥ב (yoshev) 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 1 Chr.13.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.13.6.W15.S1) and character.