Joshua 17:11:15Josh.17.11.W15TAB
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י
veyoshvei
“and the inhabitants of”
- Transliteration
- ve-yosh-VEI
- Extended
- veh-yosh-VEI
- IPA
- /vəjoʃˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the inhabitants of
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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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Word in context
- word
ve-yosh-VEI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yosh-VEI ta-a-NAKH
- clause
va-ye-HI li-men-a-SHEH be-yis-sa-KHAR u-ve-a-SHER BEIT-sha-AN u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yiv-le-AM u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-ET-yosh-VEI DO-ar u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI EIN-DOR u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI ta-a-NAKH u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI me-gi-DO u-ve-no-TE-ha
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-men-a-SHEH be-yis-sa-KHAR u-ve-a-SHER BEIT-sha-AN u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yiv-le-AM u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-ET-yosh-VEI DO-ar u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI EIN-DOR u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI ta-a-NAKH u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI me-gi-DO u-ve-no-TE-ha she-LO-shet ha-NA-fet
Exegesis
The recurring idiom uvenoteha {וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ | ū·ḇə·nô·ṯe·hā} ‘and its villages’ functions as a merism for dependent settlements, while the participle yoshvei {יֹשְׁבֵ֧י | yō·šə·ḇê} ‘inhabitants of’ shifts attention to population groups.
Root and etymology
y-sh-b
“to dwell”
In context — Joshua 17:11
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth Shean and its towns , Yibleam and its towns, the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, the inhabitants of En-Dor and its towns, the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns—these are the three regions of Naphath.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:11:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Joshua 17:11, so the Hebrew word וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י (veyoshvei) 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.17.11.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.11.W15.S1) and character.