2 Kings 19:15:92 Kgs.19.15.W9TAB
יֹשֵׁ֣ב
yoshev
“sitting or enthroned”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHEV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /joˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- sitting or enthroned
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 | |
| 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
yo-SHEV ha-khe-ru-VIM
- clause
va-yit-pa-LEL khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL yo-SHEV ha-khe-ru-VIM a-TA-HU ha-e-lo-HIM le-vad-DE-kha le-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yit-pa-LEL khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL yo-SHEV ha-khe-ru-VIM a-TA-HU ha-e-lo-HIM le-vad-DE-kha le-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-A-rets a-TA a-SI-ta et-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The participle clause yoshev hakruvim {יֹשֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים | yō-šēḇ hak-kə-rū-ḇîm} depicts God’s royal presence associated with the cherubim, using enthronement imagery to ground the prayer in God’s kingship.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed in the presence of the LORD and said, “O LORD, God of Israel , who dwells with the cherubim, You alone are God for all the kingdoms of the earth; You have made the heavens and the earth.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 19:15, so the Hebrew word יֹשֵׁ֣ב (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 2 Kgs.19.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.15.W9.S1) and character.