Joshua 13:21:24Josh.13.21.W24TAB

יֹשְׁבֵ֖י

yoshvei

the dwellers of

Transliteration
yo-shvei
Extended
yoh-sh-VEH-ee
IPA
/joʃˈvei/

Meaning by language

English
the dwellers of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יֹ + שְׁבֵ֖י
yo + shvei
yoshvei

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    yo-shvei

  2. clause

    a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN et-e-VI ve-ET-RE-kem ve-ET-TSUR ve-ET-KHUR ve-ET-RE-va ne-si-KHEI si-KHON yo-shvei ha-A-retz

  3. sentence

    ve-KOL a-REI ha-mi-SHOR ve-KOL-mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN et-e-VI ve-ET-RE-kem ve-ET-TSUR ve-ET-KHUR ve-ET-RE-va ne-si-KHEI si-KHON yo-shvei ha-A-retz

Exegesis

The participle construct yoshevei haaretz {יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ | yōšēvē hā-ʾāreṣ} ‘inhabitants of the land’ attributes dwelling to those princes. Nested clauses are rendered sequentially, and em dashes set off the list of leaders for clarity.

In contextJoshua 13:21

And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck down, and the chiefs of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Khur, and Reva, princes of Sihon—who were dwelling in the land .

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:21:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Joshua 13:21, so the Hebrew word יֹשְׁבֵ֖י (yoshvei) 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 Josh.13.21.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.21.W24.S1) and character.