Judges 18:7:9Judg.18.7.W9TAB
יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־לָ֠בֶטַח
yoshevetlavetakh
“dwelling in security”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh
- Extended
- yoh-SHEH-veht-laa-VEH-tahkh
- IPA
- /joːˈʃɛ.vɛt.laːˈvɛ.taħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwelling in security
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-E-u et-ha-AM a-SHER-be-kir-BAH yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh
- clause
va-yir-E-u et-ha-AM a-SHER-be-kir-BAH yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh ke-mish-PAT tsi-do-NIM sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh ve-EN-ma-khe-LIM da-VAR ba-A-rets yo-RESH E-tser u-re-kho-KIM HE-ma mi-tsi-do-NIM ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-a-DAM
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-VO-u LAI-sha va-yir-E-u et-ha-AM a-SHER-be-kir-BAH yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh ke-mish-PAT tsi-do-NIM sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh ve-EN-ma-khe-LIM da-VAR ba-A-rets yo-RESH E-tser u-re-kho-KIM HE-ma mi-tsi-do-NIM ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-a-DAM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-bekirbah {אֲשֶׁר־בְּקִרְבָּהּ | ăšer bə-qirbâh} with the participle yoshevet-labetakh {יוֹשֶׁבֶת־לָבֶטַח | yōšeḇet lá-bê-ṭaḥ} depicts their secure settlement.
Root and etymology
y-š-byod–shin–bet
“to settle”
In context — Judges 18:7
The five men departed and came to Laish. They saw the people living securely there, as in Sidon’s custom —quiet and unsuspecting; they lacked nothing that was in the land and possessed wealth. They were distant from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 18:7, so the Hebrew word יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־לָ֠בֶטַח (yoshevetlavetakh) 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.18.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.7.W9.S1) and character.