Judges 16:9:2Judg.16.9.W2TAB
יֹשֵׁ֥ב
yoshev
“was sitting”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHEV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /joˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- was 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
- phraseyour reading level
yo-SHEV LAH
- clause
ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV LAH ba-KHE-der va-to-MER e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON
- sentence
ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV LAH ba-KHE-der va-to-MER e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-ye-na-TEK et-ha-ye-ta-RIM ka-a-SHER yin-na-TEK pe-TIL-ha-ne-o-RET ba-ha-ri-KHO ESH ve-LO no-DA ko-KHO
Exegesis
The participle yoshev {יֹשֵׁ֥ב | yō-šēḇ} ‘sitting’ indicates continuous posture while lah {לָהּ֙ | lāh} marks a beneficiary relation and bachedar {בַּחֶ֔דֶר | ba-ḥé-der} ‘in the chamber’ establishes location.
In context — Judges 16:9
Now men lying in wait were staying for her in the chamber, and she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he snapped the cords as a thread of tow snaps when it comes near fire, and his strength was not known.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 16:9, so the Hebrew word יֹשֵׁ֥ב (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 Judg.16.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.9.W2.S1) and character.