Jeremiah 22:30:16Jer.22.30.W16TAB
יֹשֵׁב֙
yoshev
“sitting”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHEV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /joːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- sitting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-SHEV
- clause
KI LO yits-LAKH mi-zar-O ISH yo-SHEV al-khi-SE da-VID u-mo-SHEL OD bi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH khit-VEV et-ha-ISH ha-ZE a-ri-RI GE-ver lo-yits-LAKH be-ya-MAV KI LO yits-LAKH mi-zar-O ISH yo-SHEV al-khi-SE da-VID u-mo-SHEL OD bi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the reason clause lo-yitslach mi-zarʿo ish yoshev al-kisse David u-moshel od bi-Yehudah {לֹא יִצְלַח מִזַּרְע֗וֹ אִישׁ יֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא דָוִד וּמֹשֵׁל עוֹד בִּיהוּדָה | lō-yiṣ-laḥ mi-zarʿo ʾîš yō-šêḇ ʿal-kis-sê dā-ḇîḏ û-mō-šēl ʿôḏ bi-yə-hū-ḏā(h)} ‘none from his seed will sit on David’s throne or rule anymore in Judah’.
Root and etymology
y-sh-vyod–shin–bet
“to dwell, sit”
In context — Jeremiah 22:30
Thus says the LORD: Write down this man as childless, a man who will not succeed in his days; for none of his descendants will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling any longer in Judah.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:30:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Jeremiah 22:30, so the Hebrew word יֹשֵׁב֙ (yoshev) 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.22.30.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.30.W16.S1) and character.