Jeremiah 21:9:1Jer.21.9.W1TAB
הַיֹּשֵׁב֙
hayoshev
“the one dwelling”
- Transliteration
- ha-yo-SHEV
- Extended
- hah-yoh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /haj.joːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one dwelling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ha-yo-SHEV
- clause
ha-yo-SHEV ba-IR ha-ZOT ya-MUT ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DA-ver
- sentence
ha-yo-SHEV ba-IR ha-ZOT ya-MUT ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DA-ver ve-ha-yo-TSE ve-na-FAL al-ha-kas-DIM ha-tsa-RIM a-le-KHEM yikh-ye ve-kha-YA ve-ha-ye-TA-lo naf-SHO le-sha-LAL
Exegesis
The verse contrasts two participial clauses introduced by hayoshev {הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ | ha-yō-šēḇ} ‘the one who dwells’ and vehayotze {וְהַיּוֹצֵא֩ | wə-ha-yō-ṣēʾ} ‘the one who goes out.’
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–bet
“to dwell”
In context — Jeremiah 21:9
Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans besieging you will live, and his life will be for him a spoil .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 21:9, so the Hebrew word הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ (hayoshev) 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.21.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.9.W1.S1) and character.