Genesis 19:29:15Gen.19.29.W15TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יָשַׁ֥ב
asheryashav
“lived”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- ah-shehr-yah-SHAHV
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.jaˈʃav/
Meaning by language
- English
- lived
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-ya-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN
- clause
va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-sha-KHET e-lo-HIM et-a-REI ha-kik-KAR va-yiz-KOR e-lo-HIM et-av-ra-HAM va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
Exegesis
Finally, the relative clause asher yashav bahem Lot {אֲשֶׁר־יָשַׁב בָּהֵ֖ן לוֹט | ʾă-šer yā-šaḇ bā-hēn lōṭ} ‘in which Lot had dwelt’ reconnects deliverance to his former dwelling, emphasizing personal salvation amid judgment.
Root and etymology
RootYod-Shin-Bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Genesis 19:29
It happened that when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow of the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:29:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 19:29, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יָשַׁ֥ב (asheryashav) 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 Gen.19.29.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.29.W15.S1) and character.