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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-she-VET
- phraseyour reading level
yo-SHEV ba-she-VET
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.