Numbers 13:32:18Num.13.32.W18TAB
יוֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙
yoshveha
“its inhabitants”
- Transliteration
- yosh-ve-HA
- Extended
- yohsh-veh-HAH
- IPA
- /joʃˈvehaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- its inhabitants
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yosh-ve-HA
- phraseyour reading level
E-retz o-KHE-let yosh-ve-HA
- clause
ha-A-retz a-SHER a-var-NU BAH la-TUR o-TAH E-retz o-KHE-let yosh-ve-HA HU ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-ra-I-nu be-to-KHA an-SHEI mi-DOT
- sentence
va-yo-TSI-u di-BAT ha-A-retz a-SHER ta-RU o-TAH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-var-NU BAH la-TUR o-TAH E-retz o-KHE-let yosh-ve-HA HU ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-ra-I-nu be-to-KHA an-SHEI mi-DOT
Exegesis
The phrase eretz okhelet yoshveha {אֶרֶץ אֹכֶלֶת יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ | ’e-reṣ ʾō-khe-leṯ yô-šə-ḇê-hā} uses the Piel participle okhelet to depict an ongoing threat, while anshei midot {אַנְשֵׁי מִדּוֹת | an-šê-yê mid-ḏôṯ} conveys the remarkable size of the inhabitants. The translation preserves the sequence of report introduction, quotation, and participial constructions to maintain the Hebrew emphasis on danger and threat.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod-shin-bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Numbers 13:32
And they brought out a slanderous report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we have passed through to scout it out is a land devouring its inhabitants , and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of great stature .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:32:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Numbers 13:32, so the Hebrew word יוֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙ (yoshveha) 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.13.32.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.32.W18.S1) and character.