Numbers 13:28:4Num.13.28.W4TAB
הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב
hayoshev
“who dwells”
- Transliteration
- ha-yo-SHEV
- Extended
- hah-yo-SHEHV
- IPA
- /hajˈjoːʃev/
Meaning by language
- English
- who dwells
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-yo-SHEV
- clause
E-fes ki-AZ ha-AM ha-yo-SHEV ba-A-retz
- sentence
E-fes ki-AZ ha-AM ha-yo-SHEV ba-A-retz ve-he-a-RIM be-tsu-ROT ge-do-LOT me-OD ve-GAM-ye-li-DEI ha-a-NAK ra-i-NU SHAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the adversative particle efes {אֶ֚פֶס | ʾê-fes} marking contrast, followed by the conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî-} and adjective ‘az {עַ֣ז | ʿaz} modifying the subject ha-‘am {הָעָ֔ם | hā-ʿam} with the participle hayoshev {הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב | ha-yō-šēḇ} forming a relative clause.
In context — Numbers 13:28
However, the people dwelling in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large, and also the offspring of Anak we saw there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 13:28, so the Hebrew word הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב (hayoshev) 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.13.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.28.W4.S1) and character.