Numbers 14:30:7Num.14.30.W7TAB
לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן
leshaken
“to cause to dwell”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-KEN
- Extended
- leh-sha-KEHN
- IPA
- /ləʃakˈken/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cause to dwell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-sha-KEN
- phraseyour reading level
le-sha-KEN et-KHEM
- clause
IM-a-TEM ta-VO-u el-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-sa-TI et-ya-DI le-sha-KEN et-KHEM BAH
- sentence
IM-a-TEM ta-VO-u el-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-sa-TI et-ya-DI le-sha-KEN et-KHEM BAH KI IM-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN
Exegesis
The Qal perfect nasati {נָשָׂאתִי | nā-sā-ʾtî} ‘I have lifted up’ marks the divine oath gesture, followed by the Piel infinitive le-sha-ken {לְשַׁכֵּן | lə-ša-kēn} ‘to settle’ which governs the direct object et-khem {אֶתְכֶם | ʾet-khem} ‘you’ and the locative bah {בָּהּ | bāh} ‘in it.’ The exception clause im-Kalev ben-Yephunneh and wi-ye-ho-shu-ʿa bin-nun employs the adversative to single out Caleb and Joshua as sole heirs. English renders the original conditional/apodosis and oath idiom through a negative declarative and carefully placed relative and infinitive constructions.
Root and etymology
š-k-nshin–kaf–nun
“to dwell, settle”
In context — Numbers 14:30
Not one of you shall enter the land that I lifted up My hand to settle you in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 14:30, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן (leshaken) 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.14.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.30.W7.S1) and character.