Judges 18:1:12Judg.18.1.W12TAB

לָשֶׁ֔בֶת

lashevet

to dwell

Transliteration
la-SHE-vet
Extended
laa-SHEH-veht
IPA
/laːˈʃɛvɛt/

Meaning by language

English
to dwell

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Result
לָ + שֶׁ֔ + בֶת
la + she + vet
lashevet

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-SHE-vet

  2. clause

    u-va-ya-MIM ha-HEM SHE-vet ha-da-NI me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA la-SHE-vet KI lo-NAF-la LO ad-ha-YOM ha-HU be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL be-na-kha-LA

  3. sentence

    ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL u-va-ya-MIM ha-HEM SHE-vet ha-da-NI me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA la-SHE-vet KI lo-NAF-la LO ad-ha-YOM ha-HU be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL be-na-kha-LA

In contextJudges 18:1

In that era there was no king in Israel, and the Danite tribe was looking for its own inheritance to live in, because up to that time no inheritance had been assigned to them among the tribes of Israel.

About this coordinate

Judges 18:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 18:1, so the Hebrew word לָשֶׁ֔בֶת (lashevet) 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.18.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.1.W12.S1) and character.