Numbers 21:34:20Num.21.34.W20TAB
יוֹשֵׁ֖ב
yoshev
“dwelt”
- Transliteration
- yo-SHEV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /joˈʃev/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwelt
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
a-SHER yo-SHEV
- clause
ve-a-si-TA LO ka-a-SHER a-si-TA le-si-CHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER yo-SHEV be-khesh-BON
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH al-ti-RA o-TO KI ve-yad-KHA na-ta-TI o-TO ve-ET-KOL-am-MO ve-ET-art-SO ve-a-si-TA LO ka-a-SHER a-si-TA le-si-CHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER yo-SHEV be-khesh-BON
Exegesis
The participle yōšēḇ {יוֹשֵׁ֖ב | yōšēḇ} ‘dwells’ emphasizes the ongoing occupation of Heshbon, reinforcing the theme of YHWH’s sovereign provision.
In context — Numbers 21:34
And the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand along with all his people and his land. And you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon , king of the Amorites, who dwells in Heshbon.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:34:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Numbers 21:34, so the Hebrew word יוֹשֵׁ֖ב (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.21.34.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.34.W20.S1) and character.