Numbers 13:19:4Num.13.19.W4TAB
יֹשֵׁ֣ב
yoshev
“dwells”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHEV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /joːˈʃev/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwells
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 bah
- clause
u-MAH ha-A-retz a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV bah ha-to-VAH hu im-ra-AH
- sentence
u-MAH ha-A-retz a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV bah ha-to-VAH hu im-ra-AH u-MAH he-a-RIM a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV ba-HE-nah hab-be-ma-kha-NIM IM be-miv-tsa-RIM
Exegesis
The participle yō-šēḇ {יֹשֵׁב | yō-šēḇ} ‘dwells’ attributes ongoing action to the scouts. The binary pairs ha-ṭō-wāh …
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod-shin-bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Numbers 13:19
And what is the land in which they are dwelling— is it good or bad? And what are the towns in which they are residing? Are they in the camps or in fortresses?
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 13:19, so the Hebrew word יֹשֵׁ֣ב (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 Num.13.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.19.W4.S1) and character.