Isaiah 23:6:4Isa.23.6.W4TAB
יֹ֥שְׁבֵי
yoshevei
“inhabitants of”
- Transliteration
- yo-she-VEI
- Extended
- yoh-sheh-VEE
- IPA
- /joː.ʃəˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- inhabitants of
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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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
yo-she-VEI
- phraseyour reading level
yo-she-VEI I
- clause
hei-li-LU yo-she-VEI I
- sentence
iv-REV tar-shi-SHA hei-li-LU yo-she-VEI I
Exegesis
The final phrase yoshvei i {יֹ֥שְׁבֵי אִֽי | yōšəḇê ʾî} functions as a vocative, identifying the addressed group as coastal dwellers; the construct relationship tightens the address (“dwellers of coastland”) rather than a descriptive afterthought. In English the imperatives are kept sentence-initial to preserve the prophetic punch, and the vocative is retained with “inhabitants/residents” to mirror the direct address.
Root and etymology
y-š-byod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Isaiah 23:6
Pass over to Tarshish ; wail, inhabitants of the coastland .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 23:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 23:6, so the Hebrew word יֹ֥שְׁבֵי (yoshevei) 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 Isa.23.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.6.W4.S1) and character.