1 Samuel 22:6:101 Sam.22.6.W10TAB
יוֹשֵׁ֨ב
yoshev
“was sitting”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHEV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /joːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- was sitting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
yo-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A
- clause
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
- sentence
va-yish-MA sha-UL KI no-DA da-VID va-a-na-SHIM a-SHER i-TO ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
Exegesis
The scene then returns to Saul with the Qal participle yoshev {יוֹשֵׁ֨ב | yô-šēḇ} ‘was sitting’.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:6
And Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered, and Saul was seated at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing around him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 22:6, so the Hebrew word יוֹשֵׁ֨ב (yoshev) 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.22.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.6.W10.S1) and character.