Numbers 15:2:9Num.15.2.W9TAB
מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם
moshvoteikhem
“of your dwellings”
- Transliteration
- mo-shvo-TEI-khem
- Extended
- moh-shvoh-TEI-khem
- IPA
- /moʃvoˈteːxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- of your dwellings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-shvo-TEI-khem
- clause
KI ta-VO-u el-E-retz mo-shvo-TEI-khem a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM KI ta-VO-u el-E-retz mo-shvo-TEI-khem a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM
Exegesis
The construct phrase eretz moshvoteichem {אֶרֶץ מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם | ʾereṣ mōšvō-ṯē-khem} ‘land of your dwellings’ denotes possession and enduring inheritance.
Root and etymology
י־שׁ־ב
“to sit; dwell”
In context — Numbers 15:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, “When you come into the land of your dwellings which I am giving to you.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 15:2, so the Hebrew word מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (moshvoteikhem) 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.15.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.2.W9.S1) and character.