Jeremiah 19:3:6Jer.19.3.W6TAB
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י
veyoshve
“and inhabitants of”
- Transliteration
- ve-yosh-VE
- Extended
- veh-yohsh-VEE
- IPA
- /wəjoʃˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yosh-VE
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta shim-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-yosh-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta shim-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-yosh-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-im ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hin-NI me-VI ra-A al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE a-SHER kal-sho-me-A ti-tsal-NA oz-NAIV
Exegesis
The imperative shimʿu {שִׁמְעוּ | šim-ʿû} ‘hear’ functions as a summons to the addressed groups malkhei Yehudah {מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה | mal-khê yə-hū-dāh} ‘kings of Judah’ and veyoshvei Yerushalayim {וְיֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם | wə-yōsh-vê yə-rū-shā-lā-yim} ‘inhabitants of Jerusalem.’
Root and etymology
y-š-byod–shin–beth
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Jeremiah 19:3
And you shall say, “Hear the word of the LORD , O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel : Behold, I am bringing disaster upon this place so that everyone who hears about it—his ears will tingle.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 19:3, so the Hebrew word וְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י (veyoshve) 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.19.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.3.W6.S1) and character.