1 Samuel 23:5:161 Sam.23.5.W16TAB
יֹשְׁבֵ֥י
yosheve
“inhabitants of”
- Transliteration
- yo-she-VE
- Extended
- yoh-sheh-VEE
- IPA
- /joːʃəˈvɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- inhabitants of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
yo-she-VE
- phraseyour reading level
yo-she-VE ke-i-LA
- clause
va-yo-SHA da-VID ET yo-she-VE ke-i-LA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-a-na-SHAV ke-i-LA va-yil-la-KHEM ba-pe-lish-TIM va-yin-hag et-mik-ne-HEM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-yo-SHA da-VID ET yo-she-VE ke-i-LA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bappelishtim {בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים | bappəlištîm} introduces the adversary, while the direct-object marker et {אֶת | ʾēṯ} links each verb to its object miknehem {מִקְנֵיהֶם | miqnêhēm} ‘their livestock’ and yoshvei Keilah {יֹשְׁבֵי כְּעִילָה | yōšəḇē kᵉʿîlāh} ‘inhabitants of Keilah’. The construct chain yōšəḇē kᵉʿîlāh functions as a genitive phrase denoting the rescued group. These syntactic features were rendered in English through coordination and purposeful verb choices to mirror Hebrew narrative flow and emphasize David’s decisive actions.
Root and etymology
y-sh-by–š–b
“to dwell”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:5
David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines ; they carried off their livestock and struck them with a great blow . Thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 23:5, so the Hebrew word יֹשְׁבֵ֥י (yosheve) 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.23.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.5.W16.S1) and character.