2 Samuel 9:13:22 Sam.9.13.W2TAB
יֹשֵׁב֙
yoshev
“dwelling or living”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHEV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /joˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwelling or living
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
- clause
u-me-fi-VO-shet yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LAI-m KI al-shu-le-KHAN ha-ME-lekh ta-MID HU o-KHEL
- sentence
u-me-fi-VO-shet yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LAI-m KI al-shu-le-KHAN ha-ME-lekh ta-MID HU o-KHEL ve-HU fi-SE-akh she-TEI rag-LAV
Exegesis
The participle yoshev {יֹשֵׁב֙ | yō-šeḇ} ‘dwells’ functions as the main stative verb describing his ongoing status.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — 2 Samuel 9:13
And Mephiboshet lived in Jerusalem, because he partook perpetually of the king’s table ; and he was lame in both feet.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 9:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 9:13, so the Hebrew word יֹשֵׁב֙ (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.9.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.9.13.W2.S1) and character.