2 Samuel 23:8:72 Sam.23.8.W7TAB

בַּשֶּׁ֜בֶת

bashevet

in the seat

Transliteration
ba-she-VET
Extended
bah-sheh-VEHT
IPA
/baʃ.ʃɛˈvɛt/

Meaning by language

English
in the seat

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַּ + שֶּׁ֜ + בֶת
ba + she + vet
bashevet

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-she-VET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    yo-SHEV ba-she-VET

  3. clause

    yo-SHEV ba-she-VET takh-ke-mo-NI ROSH ha-sha-li-SHI HU a-di-NO ha-e-tsa-NU ha-ets-NE al-she-mo-NE me-OT kha-LAL be-fa-AM e-KHAD e-KHAT

  4. sentence

    E-le she-MOT ha-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER le-da-VID yo-SHEV ba-she-VET takh-ke-mo-NI ROSH ha-sha-li-SHI HU a-di-NO ha-e-tsa-NU ha-ets-NE al-she-mo-NE me-OT kha-LAL be-fa-AM e-KHAD e-KHAT

Exegesis

The nominal clause yoshev bashevet tachkemoni {יֹשֵׁב בַּשֶּׁבֶת תַּחְכְּמֹנִי | yô-šêḇ ba-šê-vet taḥ-kə-mô-nî} uses a participle with a prepositional phrase and gentilic adjective to specify rank and origin.

Root and etymology

ש־ב־ת

to sit, rest

In context2 Samuel 23:8

These are the names of the mighty men who belonged to David: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahkemonite, chief of the three; he was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 23:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 23:8, so the Hebrew word בַּשֶּׁ֜בֶת (bashevet) 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.23.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.8.W7.S1) and character.