1 Samuel 20:5:71 Sam.20.5.W7TAB
יָשֹׁ֣ב־אֵשֵׁ֑ב
yashoveshev
“sitting I will sit”
- Transliteration
- ya-SHOV-e-SHEV
- Extended
- yaa-SHOHV-eh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /jaːˈʃoːv.ʔeːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- sitting I will sit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-SHOV-e-SHEV
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE-KHO-desh ma-KHAR ve-a-no-KHI ya-SHOV-e-SHEV
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE-KHO-desh ma-KHAR ve-a-no-KHI ya-SHOV-e-SHEV im-ha-ME-lekh le-e-KHOL ve-shi-la-KH-TA-ni ve-nis-tar-TI va-sa-DE ad ha-E-rev ha-she-li-SHIT
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit or dwell”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:5
And David said, “Then it will be the new moon day, and you will dine with the king, but I will go and hide myself in the field until the evening of the third day.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 20:5, so the Hebrew word יָשֹׁ֣ב־אֵשֵׁ֑ב (yashoveshev) 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.20.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.5.W7.S1) and character.