1 Kings 21:9:51 Kgs.21.9.W5TAB
וְהוֹשִׁ֥יבוּ
vehoshivu
“and seat or and cause to sit”
- Transliteration
- ve-ho-shi-VU
- Extended
- veh-hoh-shee-VOO
- IPA
- /vəhoːʃiˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seat or and cause to sit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ho-shi-VU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ho-shi-VU et-NA-vot
- clause
kir-e-U-TSOM ve-ho-shi-VU et-NA-vot be-ROSH ha-AM
- sentence
va-tikh-TOV ba-se-fa-RIM le-MOR kir-e-U-TSOM ve-ho-shi-VU et-NA-vot be-ROSH ha-AM
Exegesis
Two coordinated imperatives, kirʾu {קִֽרְאוּ־ | kir·ʾû} “proclaim” and wə·hōšîvû {וְהוֹשִׁ֥יבוּ | wə·hō·šî·vû} “and seat,” structure the commands.
In context — 1 Kings 21:9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 21:9, so the Hebrew word וְהוֹשִׁ֥יבוּ (vehoshivu) 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.21.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.9.W5.S1) and character.