1 Samuel 20:18:81 Sam.20.18.W8TAB
מוֹשָׁבֶ֖ךָ׃
moshavekha
“your seat”
- Transliteration
- mo-sha-VE-kha
- Extended
- moh-shah-VEH-khah
- IPA
- /moːʃaːvɛˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your seat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-sha-VE-kha
- clause
ve-nif-kad-TA KI yip-pa-KED mo-sha-VE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer-LO ye-ho-na-TAN ma-KHAR KHO-desh ve-nif-kad-TA KI yip-pa-KED mo-sha-VE-kha
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} signals the causal clause, followed by the Qal imperfect teḥsar {תֶּחְסָר | te-ḥō-sar} ‘you will lack’, governing moshbecha {מוֹשְׁבְּךָ | mō-šə-bbe-kha} ‘your seat’, which is modified by the adjective reqah {רֵיקָה | rē-qā(h)} ‘empty’. The use of vav-consecutive narrative and imperfect forms drives the unfolding of promise and consequence.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:18
Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the new moon , and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 20:18, so the Hebrew word מוֹשָׁבֶ֖ךָ׃ (moshavekha) 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.20.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.18.W8.S1) and character.