1 Kings 13:20:31 Kgs.13.20.W3TAB
יֹשְׁבִ֖ים
yoshevim
“sitting”
- Transliteration
- yo-she-VIM
- Extended
- yoh-sheh-VEEM
- IPA
- /joʃəˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- sitting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-she-VIM
- phraseyour reading level
HEM yo-she-VIM
- clause
va-ye-HI HEM yo-she-VIM el-ha-shul-KHAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI HEM yo-she-VIM el-ha-shul-KHAN va-ye-HI de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-na-VI a-SHER he-shi-VO
Exegesis
The Qal participle yoshvim {יֹשְׁבִ֖ים | yôšvîm} ‘sitting’ with the prepositional phrase el ha-shulchan {אֶל־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן | ʾel-haššulḥān} ‘at the table’ establishes the ongoing setting.
Root and etymology
š-v-bshin–vav–bet
“to return”
In context — 1 Kings 13:20
And it happened, as they were sitting at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:20, so the Hebrew word יֹשְׁבִ֖ים (yoshevim) 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 Kgs.13.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.20.W3.S1) and character.