Jeremiah 16:8:3Jer.16.8.W3TAB
לָשֶׁ֣בֶת
lashevet
“to sit”
- Transliteration
- la-SHE-vet
- Extended
- laa-SHEH-veht
- IPA
- /laːˈʃɛ.vɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to sit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-SHE-vet
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHE-vet o-TAM
- clause
u-VEIT-mish-TE lo-ta-VO la-SHE-vet o-TAM
- sentence
u-VEIT-mish-TE lo-ta-VO la-SHE-vet o-TAM le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
Exegesis
The infinitive lashevet {לָשֶׁבֶת | lā-še-ḇeṯ} ‘to sit’ is followed by the pronominal suffix otam {אוֹתָם | ʾō-ṯām} ‘with them’, indicating participatory fellowship.
Root and etymology
י-שׁ-ב
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Jeremiah 16:8
And you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and to drink.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 16:8, so the Hebrew word לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (lashevet) 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 Jer.16.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.8.W3.S1) and character.