2 Chronicles 20:23:52 Chr.20.23.W5TAB
עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י
alyosheve
“against inhabitants of”
- Transliteration
- al-yo-she-VE
- Extended
- ahl-yoh-sheh-VEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.joːʃəˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against inhabitants of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-yo-she-VE
- phraseyour reading level
al-yo-she-VE har-se-IR
- clause
va-ya-am-DU be-NE a-MON u-mo-AV al-yo-she-VE har-se-IR le-ha-kha-RIM u-le-hash-MID
- sentence
va-ya-am-DU be-NE a-MON u-mo-AV al-yo-she-VE har-se-IR le-ha-kha-RIM u-le-hash-MID u-khe-kha-lo-TAM be-yo-she-VE se-IR a-ze-RU ish-be-re-E-HU le-mash-KHIT
Exegesis
The construct bənê ʿammôn {בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן | bənê ʿammôn} ‘sons of Ammon’ coordinated with wəmoʾâv {וּמוֹאָב | wə-mo-ʼāv} identifies the allied aggressors, while yōšəḇê hār se‘îr {יֹשְׁבֵי הַר־שֵׂעִיר | yōšəḇê hār se‘îr} ‘inhabitants of Mount Seir’ marks their target.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to dwell, inhabit”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:23
The sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly destroy and annihilate them. And when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped each man his companion toward destruction .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:23, so the Hebrew word עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י (alyosheve) 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.20.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.23.W5.S1) and character.