יֹשֵׁ֣ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יֹשֵׁ֣ב

   yo-SHEV

   was sitting or remained
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יֹשֵׁ֣ב בִּירֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם

   yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LIM

   was sitting or remained in Jerusalem
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֡י לְעֵת֩ תְּשׁוּבַ֨ת הַשָּׁנָ֜ה לְעֵ֣ת צֵ֣את הַמְּלָכִ֗ים וַיִּנְהַ֣ג יוֹאָב֩ אֶת־חֵ֨יל הַצָּבָ֜א וַיַּשְׁחֵ֣ת אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ בְּנֵֽי־עַמּ֗וֹן וַיָּבֹא֙ וַיָּ֣צַר אֶת־רַבָּ֔ה וְדָוִ֖יד יֹשֵׁ֣ב בִּירֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם

   va-ye-HI le-ET te-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA le-ET TSET ha-me-la-KHIM va-yin-HAG yo-AV et-KHEL ha-tsa-VA va-yash-KHET et-E-rets be-NE-a-MON va-ya-VO va-ya-TSAR et-ra-BA ve-da-VID yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LIM

   and it happened at the time of the turning back of the year at the time of going out of the kings and he led Joab the force of the army and he destroyed the land of the sons of Ammon and he came and he besieged Rabbah and David was sitting or remained in Jerusalem
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֡י לְעֵת֩ תְּשׁוּבַ֨ת הַשָּׁנָ֜ה לְעֵ֣ת צֵ֣את הַמְּלָכִ֗ים וַיִּנְהַ֣ג יוֹאָב֩ אֶת־חֵ֨יל הַצָּבָ֜א וַיַּשְׁחֵ֣ת אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ בְּנֵֽי־עַמּ֗וֹן וַיָּבֹא֙ וַיָּ֣צַר אֶת־רַבָּ֔ה וְדָוִ֖יד יֹשֵׁ֣ב בִּירֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַיַּ֥ךְ יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־רַבָּ֖ה וַיֶּֽהֶרְסֶֽהָ׃

   va-ye-HI le-ET te-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA le-ET TSET ha-me-la-KHIM va-yin-HAG yo-AV et-KHEL ha-tsa-VA va-yash-KHET et-E-rets be-NE-a-MON va-ya-VO va-ya-TSAR et-ra-BA ve-da-VID yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LIM va-YAKH yo-AV et-ra-BA va-ye-HER-se-ha

   and it happened at the time of the turning back of the year at the time of going out of the kings and he led Joab the force of the army and he destroyed the land of the sons of Ammon and he came and he besieged Rabbah and David was sitting or remained in Jerusalem and he struck Joab Rabbah and he tore it down

Exegesis

Against this forward momentum, the verbless-like participial clause wə-dāwîḏ yōšēḇ birûšālayim {וְדָוִיד יֹשֵׁב בִּירוּשָׁלָם | wə-dāwîḏ yōšēḇ birûšālayim} ‘while David was sitting in Jerusalem’ functions as a marked contrast, setting David’s inactivity beside Joab’s sustained military initiative.