2 Samuel 18:24:22 Sam.18.24.W2TAB
יוֹשֵׁ֖ב
yoshev
“was sitting”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHEV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /joːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- was 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 | |
| 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
- clause
ve-da-VID yo-SHEV ben-she-NEI ha-she-a-RIM
- sentence
ve-da-VID yo-SHEV ben-she-NEI ha-she-a-RIM va-ye-LEKH ha-tso-FE el-GAG ha-SHA-ar el-ha-kho-ma va-yas-AF et-e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE-iSH RATS le-vad-DO
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:24
And David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate above the wall. He saw a man running alone.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 18:24, so the Hebrew word יוֹשֵׁ֖ב (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 Sam.18.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.24.W2.S1) and character.