2 Samuel 16:18:172 Sam.16.18.W17TAB
אֵשֵֽׁב׃
eshev
“I will sit or I will remain”
- Transliteration
- e-SHEV
- Extended
- ee-SHEHV
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will sit or I will remain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
e-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-i-TO e-SHEV
- clause
lo LO e-HE-ye ve-i-TO e-SHEV
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM LO KI a-SHER ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL lo LO e-HE-ye ve-i-TO e-SHEV
Exegesis
The cohortative imperfect ʾehyēh {אֶהְיֶ֖ה | ʾehyēh} ‘I will be’ and the imperfect ʾēšēv {אֵשֵֽׁב | ʾēšēv} ‘I will remain’ express personal resolve, while wə-ʾittôw {וְאִתּ֥וֹ | wə-ʾittôw} ‘and with him’ adds cumulative force. This structure foregrounds divine and popular authority by preserving Hebrew word order and parallel syntax.
Root and etymology
י–שׁ–ב
“to sit, remain, dwell”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:18
And Hushai said to Absalom, “Not so; but I will be for the one whom the LORD , this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, and I will remain with him .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:18:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word אֵשֵֽׁב׃ (eshev) 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 Sam.16.18.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.18.W17.S1) and character.