1 Samuel 13:16:71 Sam.13.16.W7TAB
יֹשְׁבִ֖ים
yoshevim
“dwelling or staying”
- Transliteration
- yo-she-VIM
- Extended
- yoh-sheh-VEEM
- IPA
- /joːʃəˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwelling or staying
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
- clause
ve-sha-UL ve-yo-na-TAN be-NO ve-ha-AM ha-nim-TSA im-AM yo-she-VIM be-GE-va bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
ve-sha-UL ve-yo-na-TAN be-NO ve-ha-AM ha-nim-TSA im-AM yo-she-VIM be-GE-va bin-ya-MIN u-fe-lish-TIM kha-NU ve-mikh-MAS
Exegesis
The Niphal participle hanimtza {הַנִּמְצָא | ha-nim-ṣāʼ} functions as a relative clause modifying “the people,” which links to the main participle yoshvim {יֹשְׁבִים | yō-šə-vîm} indicating ongoing habitation.
Root and etymology
RootYod–Shin–Bet
“to dwell, sit, remain”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:16
And Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were found with them dwelt in Geba of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 13:16, 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 Sam.13.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.16.W7.S1) and character.