Numbers 35:2:9Num.35.2.W9TAB
לָשָׁ֑בֶת
lashavet
“to dwell in”
- Transliteration
- la-sha-VET
- Extended
- lah-shah-VET
- IPA
- /laːʃaˈvet/
Meaning by language
- English
- to dwell in
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
la-sha-VET
- phraseyour reading level
a-RIM la-sha-VET
- clause
tsav et-bne yis-ra-EL ve-nat-NU la-le-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-LAT a-khu-za-TAM a-RIM la-sha-VET
- sentence
tsav et-bne yis-ra-EL ve-nat-NU la-le-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-LAT a-khu-za-TAM a-RIM la-sha-VET u-mig-RASH le-a-RIM se-vi-vo-TEI-hem tit-NU la-le-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The infinitive la-shavet {לָשָׁבֶת | lā-šā-ḇeṯ} ‘for dwelling’ denotes purpose, paralleled by the noun u-migrash {וּמִגְרָשׁ | u-mig-rāš} ‘and pastureland’ linked to le-arim {לֶעָרִים | lə-ʿārîm} ‘for the cities’.
In context — Numbers 35:2
Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns for dwelling and pastureland around those towns.
About this coordinate
Numbers 35:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 35:2, so the Hebrew word לָשָׁ֑בֶת (lashavet) 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.35.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.35.2.W9.S1) and character.