Joshua 21:2:12Josh.21.2.W12TAB
לָשָׁ֑בֶת
lashavet
“to dwell in”
- Transliteration
- la-sha-VET
- Extended
- laa-sha-VEHT
- IPA
- /laːˈʃavɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to dwell in
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-sha-VET
- clause
va-ye-dab-REU a-lei-HEM be-shi-LO be-E-retz ke-na-AN lei-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA be-YAD-MO-sheh la-TET-LA-nu a-RIM la-sha-VET
- sentence
va-ye-dab-REU a-lei-HEM be-shi-LO be-E-retz ke-na-AN lei-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA be-YAD-MO-sheh la-TET-LA-nu a-RIM la-sha-VET u-mig-re-shei-HEN liv-hemt-TE-nu
Exegesis
The parallel infinitive constructs latet-lanu arim lashavet {לָתֶת־לָנוּ עָרִים לָשָׁבֶת | lā·tet-lâ·nû ʿā·rîm lā·šā·vê·t} ‘to give us cities to dwell in’ and umigreshehem livhemtenu {וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן לִבְהֶמְתֵּנוּ | ū·mig·rə·šê·hem li·bhe·mĕ·tê·nû} ‘and their pasturelands for our livestock’ express the legal grant and its intended use. The English choice preserves the Hebrew narrative flow from location to command to purpose.
In context — Joshua 21:2
And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in and their pasturelands for our livestock.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 21:2, so the Hebrew word לָשָׁ֑בֶת (lashavet) 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.21.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.2.W12.S1) and character.