יֹשֶׁ֧בֶת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יֹשֶׁ֧בֶת

   yo-SHE-vet

   inhabitant {feminine} or dwelling {feminine}
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יֹשֶׁ֧בֶת הָעֵ֛מֶק

   yo-SHE-vet ha-E-mek

   inhabitant {feminine} or dwelling {feminine} the valley
3. clause🔊 הִנְנִ֨י אֵלַ֜יִךְ יֹשֶׁ֧בֶת הָעֵ֛מֶק צ֥וּר הַמִּישֹׁ֖ר נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה

   hin-NE e-LA-yikh yo-SHE-vet ha-E-mek TSUR ham-mi-SHOR ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH

   behold me or here I am against you {feminine singular} inhabitant {feminine} or dwelling {feminine} the valley rock the plain declaration of the LORD
4. sentence🔊 הִנְנִ֨י אֵלַ֜יִךְ יֹשֶׁ֧בֶת הָעֵ֛מֶק צ֥וּר הַמִּישֹׁ֖ר נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הָאֹֽמְרִים֙ מִֽי־יֵחַ֣ת עָלֵ֔ינוּ וּמִ֥י יָב֖וֹא בִּמְעוֹנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

   hin-NE e-LA-yikh yo-SHE-vet ha-E-mek TSUR ham-mi-SHOR ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ha-o-me-RIM mi-ye-KHAT a-LE-nu u-MI ya-VO bim-a-vo-no-TE-nu

   behold me or here I am against you {feminine singular} inhabitant {feminine} or dwelling {feminine} the valley rock the plain declaration of the LORD the ones saying who will come down against us and who will enter or will come into our dwellings

Exegesis

Yoshevet {יֹשֶׁבֶת | yō-še-veṯ} ‘inhabitant’ personifies the addressee, with the paired spatial markers ha-ʿemeq {הָעֵמֶק | hā-ʿē-meq} ‘the valley’ and tsur ha-mishor {צוּר הַמִּישֹׁר | ṣûr ham-mi-šōr} ‘rock of the plain’ functioning as metaphors of perceived security.

Root and etymology

y-sh-b🔊 י־שׁ־בyod–shin–bet

“to dwell”

• 🔊 מוֹשָׁבmoshavsettlementPsalm 1:1