Numbers 13:29:8Num.13.29.W8TAB
יוֹשֵׁ֣ב
yoshev
“dwells”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHEV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /joˈʃev/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwells
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 | |
| 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 ba-HAR
- clause
ve-ha-KHI-ti ve-ha-ye-vu-SI ve-ha-e-mo-RI yo-SHEV ba-HAR ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI yo-SHEV al-ha-YAM ve-AL YAD ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
a-ma-LEK yo-SHEV be-E-retz ha-NE-gev ve-ha-KHI-ti ve-ha-ye-vu-SI ve-ha-e-mo-RI yo-SHEV ba-HAR ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI yo-SHEV al-ha-YAM ve-AL YAD ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The verse employs a thematic listing structure, initiating each clause with the ethnonym followed by the participle yoshev {יוֹשֵׁב | yō-šēḇ} ‘dwells’, thereby establishing each people’s habitual territory.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod-shin-bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Numbers 13:29
Amalek dwells in the land of the Negev ; and the Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and beside the Jordan .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 13:29, so the Hebrew word יוֹשֵׁ֣ב (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.13.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.29.W8.S1) and character.