Numbers 24:21:7Num.24.21.W7TAB
מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ
moshavekha
“is your dwelling”
- Transliteration
- mo-sha-VE-kha
- Extended
- moh-shaa-VEH-kha
- IPA
- /moːʃaˈvɛxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- is your dwelling
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-sha-VE-kha
- clause
ei-TAN mo-sha-VE-kha ve-SIM ba-SE-la ki-NE-kha
- sentence
va-yar et-ha-KEI-ni va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR ei-TAN mo-sha-VE-kha ve-SIM ba-SE-la ki-NE-kha
Exegesis
The adjective eitan {אֵיתָן֙ | ʾēṯān} ‘steadfast, enduring’ modifies moshavekha {מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ | mōšābeḵā} ‘your dwelling’ in a construct chain emphasizing secure habitation.
Root and etymology
shin–bet–khetš-b-ḵ
“to seize, carry off”
In context — Numbers 24:21
And he saw the Kenite, and he lifted up his proverb and said, “Secure is your dwelling, and you set your nest in the rock .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 24:21, so the Hebrew word מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ (moshavekha) 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.24.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.21.W7.S1) and character.