Numbers 21:15:5Num.21.15.W5TAB
לְשֶׁ֣בֶת
leshevet
“to the seat of”
- Transliteration
- le-SHE-vet
- Extended
- leh-SHEH-vet
- IPA
- /ləˈʃɛvɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the seat of
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
le-SHE-vet
- phraseyour reading level
le-SHE-vet AR
- clause
ve-e-SHED han-ne-KHA-lim a-SHER na-TA le-SHE-vet AR
- sentence
ve-e-SHED han-ne-KHA-lim a-SHER na-TA le-SHE-vet AR ve-nish-AN lig-VUL mo-AV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lə-še-vet {לְשֶׁבֶת | lə-še-vet} ‘toward settlement’ governs ʿār {עָר | ʿār}, designating the Moabite locale.
In context — Numbers 21:15
And the slope of the ravines which extends to the settlement of Ar , and leans against the border of Moab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 21:15, so the Hebrew word לְשֶׁ֣בֶת (leshevet) 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.21.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.15.W5.S1) and character.