Judges 21:12:2Judg.21.12.W2TAB
מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י
miyosheve
“from the inhabitants of”
- Transliteration
- mi-yo-she-VE
- Extended
- mih-yoh-sheh-VEE
- IPA
- /mij.joːʃəˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the inhabitants of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-yo-she-VE
- phraseyour reading level
mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD
- clause
va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR
- sentence
va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an
Exegesis
The construct chain miyoshevei Yāvēš Gil‘ād {מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד | miyošhĕvēy Yāvēš gil·ʿād} functions as a prepositional source phrase.
In context — Judges 21:12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and who had not known a man by lying with a male , and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 21:12, so the Hebrew word מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י (miyosheve) 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.21.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.12.W2.S1) and character.