2 Chronicles 18:9:52 Chr.18.9.W5TAB
יוֹשְׁבִים֩
yoshevim
“sitting”
- Transliteration
- yo-she-VIM
- Extended
- yoh-sheh-VEEM
- IPA
- /joː.ʃəˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
yo-she-VIM
- phraseyour reading level
yo-she-VIM ISH al-KIS-ev
- clause
u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA yo-she-VIM ISH al-KIS-ev me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM ve-yo-she-VIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn
- sentence
u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA yo-she-VIM ISH al-KIS-ev me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM ve-yo-she-VIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn ve-KHOL-ha-ne-vi-IM mit-na-be-IM lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The participle yoshvim {יוֹשְׁבִים֩ | yôšwêḇîm} forms a circumstantial clause indicating posture.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:9
The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each on his throne, clothed in garments ; they sat at the threshing floor near the entrance of the gate of Samaria, while all the prophets were prophesying before them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 18:9, so the Hebrew word יוֹשְׁבִים֩ (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 2 Chr.18.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.9.W5.S1) and character.